Czech Christmas

Czech Christmas TraditionsAdéla, Aneta

We have many, many original traditions. We cut apples, pour lead, float little boats, throw shoes behind, … and we have presents under the Christmas tree!

We will introduce two interesting Christmas traditions. Don´t be sad, Christmas time is coming!

Floating boats

Adela's favourite tradition You need: NutshellsLittle candles (you must put candles into the nutshell)Matches or a lighterA bucket or a bowl Light the candles and put them into the nutshells. Let the little boats float on water. If your boat joins another

one you will be with this person next year.

Slicing apples Aneta's favourite tradition. You need:a knifesome apples… and a good Christmas mood ;) Cut the apples into halves . If you have a star in the middle, you will be healthy next

year, but if you have a cross, you will have bad luck and you will be sick.

Gold piggy We have a superstition about a Gold piggy. If you don‘t eat all day before Christmas dinner, you

can see a Gold piggy. Or if you don‘t only eat meat, it is a better posibility. But we think that it isn‘t true.

Little kids believe in that.

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AdventBára, Luisa

It is the time before Christmas. We prepare for Christmas Day.

We decorate our houses, bake Christmas cookies, prepare presents for our family and friends.

Advent starts four weeks before Christmas Eve. Each Sunday we light one candle on the Advent wreath.

Christmas EveVáclav, Jana, Eva, Ben, Andrea

In the Czech Republic we celebrate Christmas Eve on

24th December. On this day we decorate the Christmas tree.

All day we watch fairy tales on television. We eat Christmas cookies. Some people don‘t eat all day, because they want to see a Gold pig.

1. We don‘t eat if we want to see a Gold pig. 2. We place the Christmas tree in the largest room in the

house. We decorate a Christmas tree. The Christmas tree is a spruce or a pine.

3. The room is locked troughout the day. 4. At dinner, which takes place before unwrapping gifts, we

eat Christmas dinner. We eat a fried carp, potatoe salad and fish soup.

5. Then the bell rings and we go to unwrap the presents, which Little Jesus has put under the Christmas tree!

Procedure for the perfect Christmas

Typical Czech Christmas foodŠtěpán B. Štěpán CH. Radoslav P. Ruben.J.V.

Christmas cookies and Christmas cake:Vanilla rolls, Gingerbread, Linzer cookies. Rum balls, etc.

Vanilla Rolls

Ingredients: 2pcs yolk 280g plain flour 280g butter 80g powdered sugar 80g walnuts

Let butter soften. Grind nuts. In a bowl mix flour and sugar . Mix it with nuts and egg yolks . Process the dough

properly. Wrap the dough in cling film and put it in the fridge for half an hour. Make small rolls. Bake at 180 ° C for 10 minutes. Cover the hot rolls in sugar flavored with vanilla and store in a box.

What do we have for Christmas dinner?Fried carp with potato salad gutted carp ½ teaspoon of salt 1 egg flour 5 spoons beadcrumbs oil

Season the carp with salt. Put the carp in the flour, eggs and breeadcrumbs. Fry the carp in hot oil.Christmas carp is served with potato salad , mashed potatoes or boiled potatoes. It depends on what you prefer.

Christmas CarolsVojta, Petr, Igor, Martin, Pavel

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We sing Christmas carols under the Christmas tree on the 24 December. People gather on the square and together they sing carols, drink to each other‘s health and then go home for Christmas dinner.

And now the quiz https://www.examtime.com/en/p/1768372-Czech-Christmas-quizzes