I plan on spending time with my family for the next couple of days. So, I wish you all a Merry Christmas, Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia.
And since we can't share oplatki over the internet, I will leave you with the words written on this year's oplatki package, the first few of lyrics to "Silent Night, Holy Night", Franz Gruber's version translated into Polish (the "Silent Night" most English speakers are familiar with).
Cicha noc, swieta noc!
Pokoj niesie ludziom roszem,
a u zlobka Matka Swieta,
czuwa sama usmiechnieta
nad dzieciatka snem,
nad dzieciatka snem.
Cicha noc, swieta noc!
Pastuszkowie od swych trzod
biegna wielce zadziwieni
za anielskich glosem pieni,
gdzie sie spelnil cud,
gdzie sie spelnil cud.
And a link to a website that gives lyrics to the much older Polish "Silent Night", "Wśród Nocney Ciszy".
http://members.fortunecity.com/john_deere/Koledy1.html
Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia!