In the first episode of Joy To The World, Aisling MacDonald meets with Joanna Michalska, who moved from Poland to Ireland eighteen years ago. We hear about the importance of the 24th of December, from the cleaning and the twelve meals to the waiting of the first star - the star of Bethlehem. Aisling gets an opportunity to taste some of the traditional dishes that would be part of a Polish Christmas Eve and gets to see some beautiful homemade Christmas decorations.