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‘Tradition stronger than trends’: what Poles insist on eating at Christmas

Eric Kliszcz
 11.12.2025, 18:53
Traditional Polish Christmas dishes include a beetroot soup with dumplings, pierogi, carp and traditional vegetable salad. Photo: PAP/Łukasz Gągulski
Traditional Polish Christmas dishes include a beetroot soup with dumplings, pierogi, carp and traditional vegetable salad. Photo: PAP/Łukasz Gągulski

For millions, Christmas Eve just wouldn’t be Christmas Eve without barszcz beetroot soup.