2020年2月16日 · Paczki Day, celebrated the Thursday in the week before to Ash Wednesday, is the perfect excuse (as if we needed one) to eat the famous and delicious Polish pastry. This year, it takes place on February 27.

In North America, particularly the large Polish communities of Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, and other large cities across the Midwest and Northeast, Paczki Day is celebrated annually by immigrants and locals alike.

2023年2月9日 · In Polish-American culture, Pączki Day (punch-key) is a once-a-year event and is only celebrated on Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, which always falls in the seventh week before the Christian holiday Easter.

2023年2月21日 · What Is Paczki Day? The Fat Tuesday tradition centered around eating fried, filled Polish pastries is celebrated across the Midwest, but especially in Chicago

2024年4月30日 · In Poland, this pre-Lenten celebration falls on a Thursday, but in Midwestern cities with heavy Polish influences like Detroit, Cleveland, Green Bay, and Chicago, Pączki Day is always on Fat Tuesday.

2024年1月22日 · Every Fat Tuesday during Mardi Gras, Midwesteners celebrate Paczki Day, lining up for their taste of the traditional Polish yeasted doughnut.

2024年1月2日 · Paczki Day is commonly celebrated in the Midwestern region of America, most notably Chicago and Detroit, where a large number of Poles immigrated during 1989 and throughout the 1990s. The emigration from Poland brought the delicious paczki pastry, and with that, Paczki Day in America.

2024年2月27日 · On PACZKI Day, bakeries and pastry shops in Poland and Polish communities around the world are bustling with activity as people line up to purchase fresh pączki to enjoy with family and friends. It’s a day filled with joy, indulgence, and …

2022年9月29日 · In Poland, pączki are eaten on Fat Thursday or Tłusty Czwartek, also known as Pączki Day. The last six days of carnival season (karnawal)—from Tłusty Cwartek to Shrove Tuesday—are known as zapusty. (Shrove Tuesday is known as Śledziówka or Herring Day when herring are eaten instead of pączki.)

Pączki day is a Polish holiday celebrated before the beginning of Lent. While many people and religions celebrate a Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras event, the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, the Poles have a celebration on the Thursday before that.