Christmas in Poland the Twelve Apostles, or perhaps, an odd number of dishes for good luck (usually five, seven, or nine). A traditional Wigilia supper in Poland includes fried carp and borscht (beetroot soup) with uszka (ravioli). Carp provides a main component of the Christmas Eve meal across Poland; carp fillet, carp in aspic and gefilte fish. Universal Polish Christmas foods are pierogi as well as some herring dishes, and for dessert, makowiec or noodles with poppy seed. Often, there is a compote of dry fruits for a drink. The remainder of the evening is given to stories and songs around the Christmas
A Christmas Eve the vein of Tinto Brass' re-imagining of Boito's "Senso") premiered on October 13, 2012 at the PollyGrind Film Festival. A Christmas Eve "A Christmas Eve" is a short story by Camillo Boito which appeared in his anthology of decadence and perversity titled "Tales of Vanity" (sometimes translated as "Vain Tales"), which also featured his more famous work, the novella "Senso". The story deals with a young man who is sexually obsessed with his recently deceased twin sister. Deeply depressed on Christmas Eve, he picks up a prostitute that bears a striking similarity to his dead sibling, but spending the night