Representatives of the City Council, Bolesławiec parishes and associations, together with Mayor Piotr Roman, offered residents their warmest wishes and then shared the Christmas wafer. Residents helped themselves to dumplings, cakes and other delicacies prepared especially for the Christmas Eve celebration.
“I am glad that you came today despite the rain,” said Piotr Roman. “I wish that the residents of Bolesławiec, as in the song ‘All Poles Are One Family,’ would become a family to one another. I wish you healthy, peaceful and warm holidays,” the mayor said.
Wishes were also offered by Dean Andrzej Jarosiewicz and City Council Chairman Jarosław Kowalski. Scouts from the ZHP Bolesławiec troop brought the Bethlehem Light. The Christmas Nativity Scene competition was also decided.
The winner was Dominik Lisiecki (the Public Gimnazjum of the Piarist Order), with 351 votes. Second place went to students from the Piarist Order Primary School: Piotr Małkowski, Damian Kowalski and Wiktor Chlastawa (202 votes). Third place went to MPP No. 4 (Groups III and IV, 202 votes). Honorable mentions went to: Krystian Hrynkiewicz (Primary School No. 4, 199 votes), Michał Nowak and Jakub Kocełuch (Primary School No. 4, 147 votes), and Kacper Dąbkowski (Primary School No. 4, 109 votes).
Bolesławiec institutions and businesses helped prepare the shared Christmas Eve celebration in the Market Square, including: Kurna Chata, Opałkowa Chata, the Honorary Blood Donors’ Club of the Military Unit, the Management Board of the PCK Regional Branch, PCK Volunteers, Big Pol S.C. Fruit and Vegetable Wholesaler, the General and Vocational Education Complex (Komuny Paryskiej), AP Niziałek Bakery and Confectionery Company, Berezowscy Bakery and Retail Trade, Kruk Bakery, Andrzej Laudański Bakery, Gąsiorowski Bakery, Stanisław Brzozowski Bakery, PHU Oleńka Antonina Kopała-Wdowiak and Jerzy Giszter, PHU AGMA Agnieszka Mancewicz, as well as school cafeteria staff Władysława Nosal and Jolanta Sobolewska.
The organizers of this year’s Bolesławiec Star of Kindness are: the Municipality of Bolesławiec, the Bolesławiec Cultural Centre–International Ceramics Centre, the Association of Re-emigrants from Bosnia, Their Descendants and Friends, the Association of Former Soldiers of the 62 KS Commando, the Municipal Social Welfare Centre, the Polish Red Cross, and the Bolesławiec ZHP Troop named after the Gray Ranks.