-- WE WISH TO SYMBOLICALLY BREAK THE OPŁATEK WITH EACH OF YOU - PRESIDENTIAL COUPLE'S WISHES: We wish to symbolically break the opłatek (Christmas wafer) with each of you. We extend our particularly warm wishes to those who cannot be with their loved ones right now. Let us remember those in need. Leaving one empty place setting at the Christmas Eve supper is a wonderful symbol of our hospitality and empathy. A symbol not only of solidarity but also of heartfelt deeds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRcKFLSyi1s

-- BEFORE JAROSŁAW KACZYŃSKI'S WISHES, A CAMERA CLOSE-UP ON AN ORNAMENT READING "PEACE" - THIS YEAR BROUGHT MANY GOOD EVENTS, INCLUDING ECONOMIC SUCCESSES, MAY THE COMING YEAR BRING POLAND CLOSER TO THE ONE WE ALL DESIRE - JUST FOR EVERYONE https://twitter.com/pisorgpl/status/1076192540574007296

-- THIS IS A TIME WHEN, DESPITE DIVISIONS, WE FIND COMMON GROUND - GRZEGORZ SCHETYNA'S WISHES: https://twitter.com/SchetynadlaPO/status/1077149965523271680

-- ROBERT BIEDROŃ SENDS PERSONALIZED WISHES TO EVERYONE THROUGH AN ONLINE APPLICATION THAT CUSTOMIZES WISHES TO A GIVEN NAME: https://robertbiedron.pl/zyczenia

-- THIS YEAR COULD BE PIVOTAL, I BELIEVE THAT TOGETHER WE WILL MAKE A CHANGE, LET'S COUNT EACH OTHER IN, LET SOMETHING FINALLY CHANGE - says Robert Biedroń and invites to the programmatic convention on February 3rd at Torwar.

-- DURING REGISTRATION FOR BIEDROŃ'S CONVENTION, YOU CAN INDICATE THAT YOU ARE A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY, HARD OF HEARING, OR NEED CHILDCARE DURING THE CONVENTION:

-- OUR HOMELAND IS A SAFE AND STRONG COUNTRY, STRONG WITH THE POWER OF OUR IDENTITY, ATTACHMENT TO FAMILY AND CHRISTIAN, POLISH VALUES - WISHES FROM PRIME MINISTER SZYDŁO: https://twitter.com/BeataSzydlo/status/1077112030178480128

-- WŁADYSŁAW KOSINIAK-KAMYSZ SINGS A CHRISTMAS CAROL: https://twitter.com/KosiniakKamysz/status/1077129670993371136

-- WIKTOR FERFECKI IN RZ ABOUT HOW THE LIMITATIONS ON BEER ADVERTISING WERE BLOCKED: “Officials and experts involved in the project have no illusions. – The project, from the moment it was recommended by the Standing Committee, can theoretically be adopted at any government meeting. However, since then, over 30 meetings have been held and it has not been adopted. This is a conscious decision – assures one of them. The reason? – When you don't know what it's about, it's about money – says MP Joanna Fabisiak of Civic Platform, who herself advocates for limiting beer advertising. She notes that the brewing industry strongly opposed the project. It argued that beer consumption has remained at the same level for several years, and advertising serves more to compete for existing consumers than to acquire new ones”. https://www.rp.pl/Polityka/181229737-Reklamy-piwa-bez-zmian-Rzad-porzuca-projekt.html&template=restricted

-- JACEK NIZNKIEWICZ ON THE PRESIDENT'S INTERVIEW FOR 300 AND WP - writes in RZ: “The first citizen of the Republic of Poland, accusing the former prime minister of being anti-Polish, has placed himself in the same camp as Krystyna Pawłowicz, Dominik Tarczyński, or Antoni Macierewicz. These are people who are a problem for PiS before the elections, and usually, they are sidelined at that time. But with his anti-EU statements, the president has given the opposition a pre-election gift for the European Parliament elections and has only strengthened their conviction that his words from months ago about the EU being an imagined community were not accidental”. https://www.rp.pl/Analizy/181229738-Antyunijna-szarza-prezydenta-Andrzeja-Dudy.html&template=restricted

-- WILL THE PIS LEADER DECIDE TO ACCELERATE THE ELECTIONS - DOMINIKA WIELOWIEYSKA ON WYBORCZA.PL: “The budget work schedule indicates that PiS has prepared a loophole for accelerated elections. The Senate is to deal with the budget only on January 24th, and the President Andrzej Duda should have the budget law on his desk by January 27th at the latest. If he does not receive it for signature within this deadline, he may dissolve the Sejm. Whether Kaczyński will use this loophole or not, we will find out in mid-January. Now, the PiS leader is likely compiling a balance of potential benefits and losses. And on the list of potential losses, if parliamentary elections were to be held in the autumn, several important circumstances must be included.”

-- PERHAPS HE'S JUST THREATENING - WIELOWIEYSKA CONTINUES: “It is also possible, however, that the leader is just threatening accelerated elections to his party and the Radio Maryja community, so that representatives of the potential internal opposition do not misbehave, do not think about splits, and remain obedient. Because in such a short time, they would not be able to organize themselves and run in the elections. And in that case, their only chance is to be on the PiS lists.”

-- WIELOWIEYSKA PLACES THE ZALEWSKA REFORM AT THE FOREFRONT OF PIS'S EXPECTED TROUBLES: “The first concerns the revolution in education authored by the head of the Ministry of National Education, Anna Zalewska. In the autumn of 2019, a critical moment will arrive for this so-called reform, as we will have a backlog of school years. Twice as many students will start high school – those who have just finished a liquidated middle school and those who have finished the eighth grade in the new system will go there. In this way, the PiS government has inflicted a real horror on a significant group of young people and their parents. The issue concerns as many as 730,000 students. If we add their families, anger towards the government may be amplified, reaching its peak in May-September”. http://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,24306544,czy-jaroslaw-kaczynski-zdecyduje-sie-na-przyspieszenie-wyborow.html

-- SHERIFF ZIOBRO IS BACK IN THE GAME - BARTEK GODUSŁAWSKI IN DGP: “Preventive arrests, showy detentions, and strange coincidences. Sheriff Zbigniew Ziobro is back in the game”. https://gospodarka.dziennik.pl/news/artykuly/587912,afera-getback-knf-skok-szeryf-ziobro.html

-- GAZETA.PL ON AN ERROR IN THE ELECTRICITY PRICE ACT: http://next.gazeta.pl/next/7,151003,24307370,ceny-pradu-miliony-pomylone-z-miliardami-w-rzadowej-ustawie.html#opinions

-- RESIGNATIONS AT ENERGA FOLLOWING GW PUBLICATION: “ on Sunday, the president of Energa Obrót submitted his resignation, and the Management Board of Energa dismissed the press office director Andrzej Dunajski and announced disciplinary consequences for other individuals responsible for the correspondence with an entrepreneur, published by "Wyborcza", who protested against energy price increases, referring to Prime Minister Morawiecki's words. In response, he was told that it was "media information". http://trojmiasto.wyborcza.pl/trojmiasto/7,35612,24306598,pilne-dymisje-w-enerdze-po-tekscie-gazety-wyborczej-odchodzi.html#S.-K.C-B.1-L.1.duzy

-- ACCORDING TO BIEDROŃ, THE RETIREMENT AGE SHOULD REMAIN AT ITS CURRENT LEVEL, DARIUSZ STANDERSKI, HEAD OF BIEDROŃ'S PROGRAM TEAM, IN A CONVERSATION WITH ADRIANA ROZWADOWSKA IN GW: “The retirement age should remain at its current level. Other countries, like Germany, are raising the retirement age, but they are doing so with a perspective until 2031. Civic Platform carried out the reform at a deadly pace, detached from other policies and without social consultation. First, education, working conditions, and healthcare, then the retirement age.”

-- ACCORDING TO THE HEAD OF BIEDROŃ'S PROGRAM TEAM, "ZŁOTÓWKA ZA ZŁOTÓWKĘ" (Zloty for Zloty) SO THAT PEOPLE DO NOT LOSE THE RIGHT TO 500+: “It is a program that restores a sense of dignity to many families and has reduced extreme poverty among children. The proposals from the ranks of Civic Platform and Modern to withdraw 500+ from the unemployed are harmful and show a lack of understanding of people's problems. However, one can consider amendments to 500+: extending it to the first child or introducing the "zloty for zloty" rule. It is absurd that exceeding the threshold by one zloty deprives one of the entire benefit. I believe, however, that the "Wyprawka+" (Baby Layette+) program is insufficient and requires at least adjusting the support to individual needs.”

-- DIGITALIZATION HAS NEVER BEEN TAKEN SERIOUSLY - says Standerski to Rozwadowska: “Because digitalization has never been taken seriously; it has been relegated to ministries without political significance. To implement it, the involvement of the entire government is needed. It cannot be the case that the minister of digitalization has to go to the minister of defense and convince him to use the internet. True digitalization will improve the functioning of enterprises and bring savings of PLN 4.5 billion annually”. http://wyborcza.pl/7,155287,24268789,gospodarka-wedlug-biedronia-wiek-emerytalny-bez-zmian-podatki.html

-- JACEK ŻAKOWSKI: DO NOT TAKE EXAMPLE FROM THE SEJM OR THE WARSAW COUNCIL - writes in GW: “Ask your parents not to take an example from the Sejm, where mom lets dad speak for 30 seconds; nor from the Warsaw Council, where dad doesn't listen to mom even for a second. Ask them to consult seriously and consider each other's arguments when making decisions concerning your common future. Those whom we dislike may also be right. It is not always worth insisting on your own way.”

-- ŻAKOWSKI AGAIN ON THE WARSAW COUNCIL: “Also, ask your parents not to follow the Warsaw Council, which unanimously gave a very expensive gift to those who own apartments, so for years it will have even less money for, among others, those who are crammed into hovels and corners. Ask mom and dad to remember that when they give you too much, they won't have enough money for the basic needs of other family members.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,24306662,by-rodzice-otrzezwieli-swiateczne-zyczenia-od-zakowskiego.html#S.-K.C-B.7-L.1.glowka

-- BIRTHDAYS: Ryszard Legutko, Konrad Ciesiołkiewicz, Marcin Korolec, Ryszard Jarzembowski, FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS: Janusz Kaczmarek, SECOND DAY OF CHRISTMAS: Wojciech Misiąg, Artur Dębski, Kamila Łepkowska.