K+M+B

One of the things which were a total mystery for me. I noticed a lot of front doors had some letters written on it with chalk, plus the year.

Most of the times there was K+M+B, sometimes C+M+B. My Polish family also had It, so I gathered some information.

6th of January

For Christians (In Poland mainly Catholics) the 6th of January is the day of the Epiphany of Jesus Christ (Swięto Objawienia Pańskiego). In Poland it's rather called the Three Kings' Day (Swięto Trzech Króli) - who, to the legend, visited newborn Jesus and brought him gifts. The majority of Poles consider these 3 letters as kings' names - Kacper, Melchior, Baltazar in Polish. But some see it differently. Originally it should be C+M+B which is in Latin "Christus mansionem benedicat" – let Christ bless this house. Pluses are in fact crosses. The inscription is written with chalk (consecrated in church) every year at the 6th of January in order to give the home a symbolical protection. My family is modern and use a sticker instead :-)

Mystery solved!