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CHRISTMAS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Christmas gifts

Christmas means gifts for our nearest and dearest. Come and do your Christmas shopping in the Czech Republic and choose some traditional and unusual presents that make pleasant surprises for all the folks back home.

Christmas food

Czechs are a nation with a positive attitude to food. As is the case with any nation with a long-standing cultural tradition, the Czech Republic has its own specific range of dishes, including numerous Christmas specialities, served mainly during Advent.

Christmas traditions

Christmas in the Czech Republic is above all a time for children and families. Every day over the festive season families and friends meet to enjoy the special atmosphere in peace and harmony.

Christmas at an open-air museum

Do you prefer to look at history from a slightly different point of view? Wouldn’t you like to know what Czechs believed in the past? Open-air museums transport visitors to a world of forgotten Christmas customs and traditions.

Christmas nativity scenes

For centuries people in towns and villages have been making traditional nativity scenes. In the Czech Republic this tradition continues to this day with the figures being produced from, a variety of materials (wood, paper, straw and gingerbread for example). Why not tell your children the story of Jesus’ birth next to an original Czech nativity scene.

Christmas at a castle or chateau

Loket Castle
The medieval castle at Loket near the West Bohemian spa town of Carlsbad holds an old Bohemian Advent fair in December, accompanied by a number of cultural events.

Christmas music

Czech music is truly a world cultural treasure trove. Throughout Advent, concerts of Christmas music take place at a number of concert halls and festively decorated churches.

The spiritual side of Christmas

Christmas is a festival with strong spiritual and religious meaning. This makes it an ideal time to visit any of the numerous places of pilgrimage scattered around the Czech lands. One yuletide season is only enough time to visit a fraction of these places with strong spiritual attraction.

A New Year’s Eve celebration

After Christmas comes the end of the year and New Year’s Eve. Wild New Year’s Eve celebrations fill the streets and squares of all Czech towns, and fireworks light up the dark winter sky. New Year’s Eve can be celebrated in many restaurants and pubs, music clubs and concert halls.

Winter fun

The winter fairytale in Czech Republic does not end with Christmas and New Year’s Eve. There are more exciting moments to enjoy in the Czech mountains which, although not that high, are very safe and the ideal place for all winter sports fans.