Polart Polish Folk Arts Polish Christmas Hay - Sianko with Baby Jesus, Polish Christmas Tradition

Description

The Wigilia (Christmas Eve Vigil Feast) table is set with a white table cloth under which is placed a piece of hay (Sianko in Polish) in memory of the Christ Child's humble birth. The hay and cloth represent the manger and the veil of Mary which would swaddle the infant Jesus. The family's best china and crystal grace the table as this is a sacred night. The oblong shapped heap of Sianko features a removable hand-painted gypsum figure of the infant child Jesus in swadling close laying in the center of the hay. The set measures approx. 2.5" L x 4.0" W x 1.5" H Made in Poland