Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:56:06 +0200https://english.radio.cz/vanocka-a-christmas-eve-sweetbread-steeped-symbolism-8112171© 2026 Radio Prague International Christmas Eve is the most important festive day of the holiday according to Czech tradition. Although known as the “generous day” – Štědrý den – when it comes to food, one is meant to be quite modest. Few fast all day on December 24 but many do follow the Christian custom of eating meatless dishes for lunch that day, spruced up with a plaited Christmas sweetbread – vánočka. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/vanocka_tureckova_eva.jpg?timestamp=1671614693 https://english.radio.cz/vanocka-a-christmas-eve-sweetbread-steeped-symbolism-8112171 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9