NEW YEAR‘S DAY IN CZECH REPUBLIC

FIREWORKS AND SENDING WISHES

• ON NEW YEAR EVE AT MIDNIGHTSTART FIREWORKS START IN EACH CITY AND VILLAGE IN OUR COUNTRY. PEOPLE START TO CELEBRATE AND THEY SEND WISHES (PF = POUR FÉLICITER) TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

• CZECH NOBLEMAN KAREL CHOTEK INVENTED THE WISHES IN 1827.

SUPERSTITIONS

• TAKE NEW CLOTHES AND ALL NEXT YEAR WILL BE NEW.

• WE BAKE A CHRISTMAS CAKE. IN CHRISTMAS CAKE THERE IS A PEA. AND THAT WHO FINDS THE PEA IN HIS PIECE, HE OR SHE IS A CHILD OF LUCK.

• WHEN WE HAVE A LOT OF MONEY THIS DAY, WE WILL HAVE MONEY ALL YEAR.

• A AUSPICE IS, WHEN A LITTLE CHILD OR A YOUNG GIRL COMES TO OUR HOME. IF AN OLD WOMAN COMES TO OUR HOME IT ISN‘T GOOD.

LUNCH ON NEW YEAR‘S DAY

• WHEN WE EAT LENTILS, IT MEANS THAT WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF MONEY, THEREFORE WE USUALLY EAT A SOUP OF LENTILS.

• WE CAN‘T EAT A POULTRY WITH WINGS, BECAUSE THE LUCK COULD FLY AWAY. WE SHOULD EAT A PORK SCHNITZEL (BECAUSE A SMALL PIG IS THE SYMBOL OF HAPPINESS).