Other Observances
- Grandmother's Day on January 21,
- Grandfather's Day on January 22,
- Women's Day on March 8,
- Boy's Day (Dzień Chłopaka) on September 30 - on this day girls are giving presents to boys,
- Mother's Day on May 26,
- Father's Day on June 23,
- Children's Day on June 1,
- Teacher's Day on October 14,
- "Mikołajki" on December 6 - on this day Santa Claus is giving presents to children,
- Christmas Eve (Wigilia Bożego Narodzenia) on December 24,
- St. Andrew's Day (Andrzejki) on November 30 - on this day people (mainly children and teens) are making prophecy by pouring candle wax by key hole to water and guessing what does the wax shape mean,
- Ivan Kupala Day (Noc Kupały) on the night from June 21 to 22 and "Noc Świętojańska" on the night from June 22 to 23,
- Fat Thursday on the last Thursday before Lent,
- Śmigus Dyngus Day on Easter Monday (the day following Easter Sunday) is when traditionally the young (and young of heart) have water fights, in continuation of a pagan spring fertility ritual observed in many other cultures,
- September 1-Day Germany invaded Poland in 1939, triggering World War II.
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