St. Stephen (December 26th) - Sw. Szczepana
There is an apparent sharp contrast between the Feast of the Nativity and the Feast of St. Stephen.  Yet to the Church they have much in common, for in the first feast is commemorated the birth of Christ, in the second the birth of the Church of Christ.  In Poland the stoning of St. Stephen is imitated in the throwing of grain at members of the fami8ly, at friends, and at animals.  December 26th was also the day on which all work agreements between master and hand were concluded.