Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 17:18:53 +0200https://english.radio.cz/christmas-eve-czech-lands-fasting-feasting-and-fairytales-8703695© 2026 Radio Prague International Veselé Vánoce! It’s Christmas Eve, traditionally the most important day for Czechs in this holiday season of good cheer. It is on this day that Christmas presents are exchanged – left under the tree by Ježíšek (the Baby Jesus) – following a meal of fried carp and potato salad. Known as Štědrý den, or “generous day”, December 24 is traditionally a day for fasting before feasting (in that no meat is served). And for generations of Czechs, it is also a time for enjoying televised fairytales about princes and paupers, damsels and devils. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/tri_orisky_pro_popelku6.jpg?timestamp=1626077323 https://english.radio.cz/christmas-eve-czech-lands-fasting-feasting-and-fairytales-8703695 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9