Wygilia

Kevin's family celebrates Wygilia which is the traditional Polish Christmas Eve dinner.  Throughout the years we have changed the day to accommodate travel plans.  This is Polish soul food at its best!  We love beginning the Christmas festivities with this day.  The evening begins with an appetizer of Pickled Herring and Pumpernickel bread. Before dinner we wish each other Merry Christmas by the breaking of a wafer called Opatek.  Dinner consists of the following:

 Fish

Homemade Perogis, by Mary

 

Sweet Bread, by Tom and Katie

Mushrooms

Baked Potatoes

Of course, Prunes every ones favorite (or forced to eat by Mary)

Yum!  Did I mention the Sour Kraut and white beans?

Cookies, by Pam

Unbelievably, this is only a small part of Kevin's family.  It is unfortunate that we can't get everyone together every year but Kevin has siblings spread out over the entire country.  We segment it by areas, West Coast, Northwest, Northeast and the South.  Yes, there are that many families because Kevin has 10 siblings.  Most of the families carry on the tradition every year.  What a blessing to be able to gather together.

 Tom & Michaely

Kevin & Me

 

Pat & Keri

Mary, Chris and Ron

Garrett and Justin

Dylan

Morgan and Jen

Katie and Chino

My good looking kids

They don't even look like brothers do they?

 The Whole Gang (West Coast)