Czechs love the nativity scene. You can find one at every Christmas fair and there are even special nativity scene museums. There are nativity scenes made from wood and those you can cut out of paper and then there are those really unusual ones and today’s post is all about them. By the way, the …
Have you ever heard of muzika? Although it means “music” in Czech, this time we’re not referring to actual music but to a traditional Czech Christmas dessert – a compote that has been half forgotten and is prepared only in some regions. Which is a pity because it’s delicious and really easy to make. So …
In the first part of the Czech Christmas Traditions series we talked about the Advent traditions. The second part was all about Czech Christmas food and this time we will tell you all about the Czech Christmas traditions at the most important day of Czech Christmas, the so called Štědrý den (The Generous Day).
At Christmas, the nut cookies are one of the stars of many Czech dinner tables. Here is a great recipe by the Creative Mom, so you can make the nuts at home.
Vánočka is a typical Czech pastry traditionally made at Christmas. It’s similar to the Spanish mona, the German Stollen or the French brioche, although Vánočka is even better. It is rich in butter and eggs, lightly sweet and if you make it right, it smells and tastes fresh for two or three days (if it lasts …
What would Christmas be without the Christmas songs! In Czech Republic they are an important part of the whole Advent time and the time after Christmas. We bring you a list of the most beautiful Czech Christmas songs!
There are many traditions observed during Advent and Christmas in the Czech Republic. Some of them are more common, other are rather regional but all of them are beautiful and worth experiencing. On every Advent Sunday, we’ll publish a list of Czech Christmas traditions. In this first part of Czech Christmas Traditions we’ll tell you what …
The Advent wreath is an important part of the Christmas season in the Czech Republic. Together with the Creative Mom we will show you how to make it easily at home.
We bring you the recipe for probably the most emblematic Czech Christmas cookies called linecké cukroví (Linzer cookies). This recipe has been prepared by our partner website Creative Mom.
The Czech band Kryštof released a Christmas song with the voice of the Czech legendary singer Karel Gott who passed last year. And it will make your heart soft just like a Christmas song should. image source: https://musicserver.cz/