Christmas wafer
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Christmas wafer (Polish: opłatek, plural opłatki; Lithuanian: kalėdaitis, plural kalėdaičiai; Slovak: oblátka, plural oblátky) is a Catholic Christmas tradition celebrated in Poland,[1] Lithuania,[1] Moravia,[2] and Slovakia.[3] The custom is traditionally observed during Kūčios in Lithuania and Wigilia in Poland on December 24.
Type | Flatbread |
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Place of origin | Poland |
Region or state | Central Europe, Baltic States |
Main ingredients | Wheat flour, water |
The unleavened wafers are baked from pure wheat flour and water, are usually rectangular in shape[4] and very thin; they are identical in composition to the altar bread that becomes the Eucharist at the consecration during Mass in the Roman Catholic Church. The Opłatki wafers are embossed with Christmas-related religious images, varying from the nativity scene, especially Virgin Mary with baby Jesus, to the Star of Bethlehem.