Czech Christmas
Radio Prague International has prepared a selection of articles on Christmas traditions for you.
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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.
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Czech Christmas
Jan Jakub Ryba’ songs celebrating Christmas season and birth of infant Jesus
Christmas in Czechia wouldn’t be complete without Jan Jakub Ryba’s Czech Christmas Mass, but he also composed dozens of pastorals, celebrating the birth of infant Jesus.
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Czech Christmas
Christmas Eve in the Czech lands: fasting, feasting and fairytales
On Christmas Eve, traditionally the most important day for Czechs in this holiday season, many families settle in to watch televised fairytales after exchanging gifts.
