Christmas, a time of love, surprises and gifts. Accept this invitation to a festively decorated skansen (open-air museum), where old folk traditions are brought to life, or to a yuletide castle, chateau or church. Take a seat at the Christmas dinner table laden with traditional Czech dishes and fragrant traditional Christmas sweets. Come to the Czech Republic, a fairytale land, where you will see how a magical Christmas should really look.
Christmas means gifts for our nearest and dearest. Come and do your Christmas shopping in the Czech Republic and choose some traditional and unusual presents that make pleasant surprises for all the folks back home.
Czechs are a nation with a positive attitude to food. As is the case with any nation with a long-standing cultural tradition, the Czech Republic has its own specific range of dishes, including numerous Christmas specialities, served mainly during Advent.
Christmas in the Czech Republic is above all a time for children and families. Every day over the festive season families and friends meet to enjoy the special atmosphere in peace and harmony.
Do you prefer to look at history from a slightly different point of view? Wouldn’t you like to know what Czechs believed in the past? Open-air museums transport visitors to a world of forgotten Christmas customs and traditions.
For centuries people in towns and villages have been making traditional nativity scenes. In the Czech Republic this tradition continues to this day with the figures being produced from, a variety of materials (wood, paper, straw and gingerbread for example). Why not tell your children the story of Jesus’ birth next to an original Czech nativity scene.
The medieval castle at Loket near the West Bohemian spa town of Carlsbad holds an old Bohemian Advent fair in December, accompanied by a number of cultural events. Visitors can look forward to a jousting tournament, fire-eaters, a children’s cake tournament, a live nativity scene and much besides.
Czech music is truly a world cultural treasure trove. Throughout Advent, concerts of Christmas music take place at a number of concert halls and festively decorated churches. There are so many to choose from, especially in Prague, which is a world cultural hotspot.
Christmas is a festival with strong spiritual and religious meaning. This makes it an ideal time to visit any of the numerous places of pilgrimage scattered around the Czech lands. One yuletide season is only enough time to visit a fraction of these places with strong spiritual attraction.
After Christmas comes the end of the year and New Year’s Eve. Wild New Year’s Eve celebrations fill the streets and squares of all Czech towns, and fireworks light up the dark winter sky. New Year’s Eve can be celebrated in many restaurants and pubs, music clubs and concert halls.
The winter fairytale in Czech Republic does not end with Christmas and New Year’s Eve. There are more exciting moments to enjoy in the Czech mountains which, although not that high, are very safe and the ideal place for all winter sports fans.
Christmas gifts
Christmas food
Christmas traditions
Christmas at an open-air museum
Christmas nativity scenes
Christmas at a castle or chateau
Christmas music
The spiritual side of Christmas
A New Year’s Eve celebration
Winter fun
