Oplatki

Here is the tradition - I really dig this one:

Oplatki begins with simple wafers (flour and water - think of the wafers used during a Catholic Mass).  The wafers are etched with Christmas images - The Nativity, Christmas Star, etc.

The family gathers at the table for the meal on Christmas Eve.  The eldest family member present starts by taking a wafer.  That person breaks off a piece of the wafer and passes the remaining piece to someone else at the table with a blessing, a simple expression of what you desire for that person in the coming year.  It can be any type of blessing - health, love, happiness, good grades, successful marriage, faith to overcome a current difficulty, forgiveness for negative feelings or words during the past year, etc.  You continue until everyone at the table has offered a blessing to someone.

I don't think I'm going to be etching a Nativity into a Oplatki anytime soon!  So, I'm thinking.....red and green vanilla mini-wafers and instead of passing the broken wafer, you just pass the small bowl and each person takes a wafer and offers the blessing.  

If you have found anything else that sounds cool - post it!!