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- ↑ "Christmas Eve officially a day off in Poland from 2025!". Polskie Radio. 28 December 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ↑ Majówka translation
- ↑ "Święto Odrodzenia Polski - Mobilna INTERIA w INTERIA.PL". m.interia.pl. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016.