The light was brought to the presidential palace in Warsaw on Wednesday evening by a group of Polish scouts who earlier received it from their Slovak counterparts.
During the ceremony, President Andrzej Duda said that the annual tradition symbolised the power of human faith, hope and perseverance.
In a tradition started by Austrian scouts in 1986, the flame is lit at the Grotto of the Nativity in Bethlehem every year.
Polish scouts have been part of the tradition since 1991.
The Polish president in the summer sent greetings to scouts from around the world taking part in a jamboree in the US state of West Virginia.
He at the time referred to his own experience as a scout and said he carried the spirit of scouting in his heart.
(gs/pk)
Source: PAP