Dear partners, we are happy to share Czech Christmas traditions with you all :-)
Younger pupils would like to share with you these own pictures and traditions "
We always buy christmas presents to our family and friends before Christmas.
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Czech Mums usually bake special christmas cookies called "cukroví" before Christmas.
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Czech children believe that Baby Jesus (Ježíšek) delivers presents under the Christmas tree.
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People usually buy and decorate real Christmas tree (pine tree, fir or spruce) and place it in the living room.
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We have Christmas dinner alltogether on 24th December in the evening. We usually eat fish soup, potatoe salad and fried fish (mostly carp). After that we get presents.
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We often sing Christmas carols after dinner.
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There are a lot of Christmas traditions :
We often cut the apple - if there is a star in the middle you will be happy and healthy :-)
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Pupils from Polešovice :
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We also put a carp´s scale under the plate and later to the vallet to have a lot of money next year.
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At midnight people usually go to the Church to sing some carols a to listen to mass.
On 25th December we usually visit our relatives :-)
We hope you like Czech traditions :
And this is a presentation from older students :
About Czech typical Christmas dinner - pupils from Polešovice :
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Spanish Christmas Traditions (by 6th Grade, CEIP Vil·la Romana): ![](/images/twinspace/file-ico-pdf.png)
Thanks for sharing your Christmas traditions spanish partners - now we know more about your customs :-) Czech Team
Italian Traditions: ![](/images/twinspace/file-ico-pdf.png)