Mikołajki
St Nicholas Day, when children wake to find small gifts and sweets under their pillows or in polished boots.
Mikołajki, or St. Nicholas Day, is celebrated in Poland on December 6th, honoring St. Nicholas, the patron saint of children. The evening before, children place their polished boots or shoes by the window or door, hoping that Święty Mikołaj (St. Nicholas) will fill them with small gifts, candies, and fruits while they sleep. This tradition is particularly cherished by younger children, who eagerly await the morning to discover what treats they have received.
On the morning itself children compare what they found, and St Nicholas, in a red coat or the old bishop's robes with a mitre, visits kindergartens and schools with a sack of sweets, asking who has been good; naughty children are teased with a rózga, a birch rod. Classes, offices and groups of friends draw names and swap small gifts, so that mikołajki has also become the Polish word for a Secret Santa. Shops and Christmas markets put out their gingerbread and chocolate St Nicholas figures, and the day marks the real start of the run-up to Christmas.
The pack has 36 words spread across these domains.
Same words in both. Beginner gets more help: matching and completing. Advanced listens and spells it out unaided. Pick it in practice; it locks when you take the scored run.
Practise as often as you like, all year. The scored run happens once, while the competition is open, and cannot be retaken.