Wigilia

The Chmielowskis celebrated Wigilia (pronounced Vah-lee-ah) on December 8th at Karl and LaQuita's house in Wasilla. This is traditionally a Polish holiday celebrated on Christmas Eve. However, because most of Joe's family are either traveling or working and live so far apart - they pick a weekend between Thanksgiving and Christmas to get together and exchange gifts and have a large dinner. It is very chaotic with 10 children, but tons of fun too!