In Slovak Christmas tradition, the thin wafer eaten with honey at Christmas Eve dinner is called oplatky.
Christmas wafers are thin, crisp wafers served in Slovakia and neighbouring Central European traditions during the Christmas season. In Slovak families, they may be shared at the beginning of the Christmas Eve meal, often with honey and sometimes with garlic or nuts, depending on local custom.
The wafer-sharing ritual has a religious meaning for many families: breaking and sharing the wafer expresses peace, goodwill and family unity. The practice is comparable in spirit to other Christmas bread or wafer customs across Europe, but the ingredients and ceremony differ from country to country.
Oplatky should not be confused with pirohy, which are filled dumplings, or lokše, which are flat potato breads. The word is also used more broadly for wafers, while Christmas wafers specifically belong to the Slovak Christmas Eve tradition described here.