Personally, I think the story of the "cunning old lady" or "chytra baba" from last year's Christmas celebration at the town square in Radom became a template for all the nasty freeloaders all over Poland. You can watch the video and read my post from last year here.
First, let me just explain how important the tradition of the Christmas wafer or "opłatek" is during the Christmas Eve in Polish tradition. The wafers are a reminder of the Body of Christ and are shared among the family before the Christmas Eve dinner. Wafers are baked from wheat flour and water and depict some Christian images. Family members wish each other health, happiness, and fortune and break a piece of the wafer from each other's hand consuming the wafers as a sign of peace. All in all, the significance of the wafer is one of the most important Polish Christmas traditions.
Now, take a look at the below YouTube video. The lady with the basket passes the wafers to all the people at the town square in Białystok when the greedy cunning old lady grabs a fistful of wafers without any hesitation. And what do you know? Yes, she even has a baggy for her loot. I guess she'll be making wafer sandwiches for the Christmas diner.
