Editing Christmas in Poland (section)

==''Kolędy'', the Christmas carols==
[[File:Mummers Play in Poland.jpg|thumb|right|280px|[[Mummers play|Mummers]] with a [[Turoń|Turoń creature]] singing Christmas carols called ''kolędy'' in Poland, 1929 postcard]]
[[Christmas carols]] are not celebrated in Poland until during-and-after the Christmas Vigil Mass called "[[Pasterka]]" held between 24 and 25 of December.<ref name="LC">[http://liturgicalcenter.org/?a=liturg&sub=trad&grupa=35&mod=49 "The Shepherds' Mass".] Polish-American Liturgical Center.org. 2008. Retrieved December 21, 2012.</ref> The Christmas season often runs until February 2. The early hymns sung in the [[Catholic Church|Catholic church]] were brought to Poland by the [[Franciscan Brothers of Peace|Franciscan Brothers]] in the [[Middle Ages]]. The early Christmas music was Latin in origin. When the Polish words and melodies started to become popular, including many new secular [[pastoral]]s ({{lang|pl|pastoralka}}, or shepherd's songs), they were not written down originally, but rather taught among people by heart. Notably, the song "[[God Is Born]]" (''Bóg się rodzi'') with lyrics written by [[Franciszek Karpiński]] in 1792 became the Christmas hymn of Poland already in the court of King [[Stefan Batory]]. Many of the early Polish carols were collected in 1838 by {{interlanguage link|Michał Mioduszewski|lt=Rev. Mioduszewski|ca|Michał Mioduszewski|eo|Michał Marcin Mioduszewski|pl|Michał Mioduszewski}} in a book called ''Pastorałki i Kolędy z Melodiami'' (Pastorals and Carols with Melodies), including "[[Midst Quiet Night]]".<ref name="polishsite">Lorraine Grochowsa Kiefer, [http://culture.polishsite.us/articles/art336.html Christmas Kolędy - Polish Carols] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317140708/http://culture.polishsite.us/articles/art336.html |date=2011-03-17 }}, at culture.polishsite.us</ref>