Twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper In Poland, Russia and Ukraine an extra plate and seat are always left at the table. According to the folk believes the spirits of the departed members of the family visit on the night. It is also very customary to be even more hospitable and invite unexpected visitors to the supper. Twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper A twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper is traditionally prepared in many Central European and Northern European cultures, especially those that were formerly part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, including Polish, Lithuanian, Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian. The meal (, , , or "wieczerza wigilijna", , ) consists of
Christmas in Ukraine a vase are often used to decorate the table. Shopka is a traditional portable nativity scene used to represent nativity and other figures in a puppet form. "Kutia, Star of the Ukrainian Christmas Eve Supper" Kylymnyk, Stepan, 1955–1969; "Ukrainskyi Rik u Narodnykh Zvychayakh v Narodnomu Osvitlenni" [Ukrainian Year in Folk Customs from Historical Perspective], Winnipeg, Toronto Tracz, Orysia 2015, "First Star I See Tonight", Mazepa Publications Zhuravli, Winnipeg "Ukrainian Christmas Traditions", Ukrainian International Directory Voropai, Oleksa 1958, "Zvychai Nashoho Narodu" [Customs of Our People], Ukrainske Vydavnytstvo, Munich Yakovenko, Svitlana 2016, "Ukrainian Christmas Eve Supper: Traditional village recipes for Sviata Vecheria",