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CHRISTMAS FOOD CUSTOM
AT CHRISTMAS, ONE SHOULD BREAK A PIECE OF WAFER AND SHARE IT WITH
FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
Submitter comment: ITEM WAS LEARNED IN WYANDOTTE, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Oplatki |
Date learned: CA00001960S
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
LITHUANIAN FAMILIES MAKE A SQUARE-SHAPED BREAD AT
CHRISTMAS TIME CALLED "CHRISTMAS BREAD." IT IS THIN
LIKE A COMMUNION HOST WITH DESIGNS SUCH AS ANGELS
EMBOSSED ON IT. THE FATHER OR HEAD OF THE FAMILY
TAKES THE FIRST PIECE AND THEN EVERYONE ELSE PRESENT
TAKES A PIECE FROM THE LOAF. NO MATTER HOW LARGE A
NUMBER OF PEOPLE, ALL MUST BREAK A PIECE FROM THE
FIRST LOAF, AND PIECES ARE SAVED FOR MEMBERS OF THE
FAMILY WHO ARE ABSENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): OPLATKI
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Oplatki |
Date learned: 02-10-1967
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
LITHUANIAN FAMILIES MAKE A SQUARE-SHAPED BREAD AT
CHRISTMAS TIME CALLED "CHRISTMAS BREAD." IT IS THIN
LIKE A COMMUNION HOST WITH DESIGNS SUCH AS ANGELS
EMBOSSED ON IT. THE FATHER OR HEAD OF THE FAMILY
TAKES THE FIRST PIECE AND THEN EVERYONE ELSE PRESENT
TAKES A PIECE FROM THE LOAF. NO MATTER HOW LARGE A
NUMBER OF PEOPLE, ALL MUST BREAK A PIECE FROM THE
FIRST LOAF, AND PIECES ARE SAVED FOR MEMBERS OF THE
FAMILY WHO ARE ABSENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): OPLATKI
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Oplatki |
Date learned: 02-10-1967