Czech Christmas
Radio Prague International has prepared a selection of articles on Christmas traditions for you.
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Czech Christmas
Wish for anything: Old lady asks to drive tram in Czech Radio’s Christmas charity
Five years ago, Czech Radio launched a nation-wide charity called Ježíškova vnoučata which aims to bring a smile to the faces of abandoned, elderly people.
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Czech Christmas
Why do Czechs only eat carp at Christmas?
The Czech Christmas is inseparably associated with carp, but Czech breeders producing carp and other freshwater fish today do more business abroad than at home.
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Czech Christmas
Master confectioner Josef Maršálek shares Czech Christmas baking secrets
Celebrity pastry chef Josef Maršálek reveals why vánočka is his absolute favourite Christmas goodie and shares baking tricks of the trade, not just for the holidays.
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Czech Christmas
Prague’s Loreto carillon reprogrammed to play Christmas melody
Prague’s famous Loreto is being re-programmed to play a Christmas melody from Christmas Day till February 2.
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Czech Christmas
Zkoleduj se – Advent charity concerts with a difference
Zkoleduj se are Advent charity concerts held throughout the country.Three years ago the group which initiated them recorded a CD of the same name.
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Czech Christmas
Mikuláš, Ježíšek or Štědroň? Prague museum traces history of Czech Christmas gift-giving traditions
On the first Sunday of Advent, a Prague museum launched a facinating exhibition on Christmas gift-giving traditions in the Czech lands from mediaeval to modern times.
