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Just to be clear - 'Santa Claus' is a legendary figure based originally on the figure of 'Father Christmas' from an old English folklore AND dutch Sinterklaas or Saint Nicholas respectively (hence the name Santa - Saint and Claus - Nicolaus) that we Czechs call Mikuláš. So, in essence, we Czechs not only do have Santa (that gives presents on the eve of December 5th), but also Byby Jesus, 'Christkind', Ježíšek, who gives presents on the eve of December 24th. AND - of course - I can't stress enough how much I love fried karp! But how the tradition came to be is that the time of Advent that culminates on the December 24th was a time of fasting when eating meat was forbidden. BUT fish are not considered meat per se by church, so fish was the most 'celebratory meal' that people could eat during this time.
Just a little detail: čert does not mean "the devil". The devil translates to "ďábel", while čert is more one of the devils minion - basicaly like a guy who works in hell. Altough "čert" and "ďábel" mean basicaly the same thing, their role in folklore is a bit different. Ďábel is the boss who gets to be cool and evil and čert is his overworked employee whos main responsibility is all the boring manual labour.
@@DreamPrague And there is one more thing. Czech hell is more or less like an institution, especialy in christmas fairitales. čert is just something like an "goverment official". He is here just for take care of justice, like a police. You don´t have to die, if you behave badly enough, čert will find you and take you away from the world.
And by boring manual labour is meant mostly puting more fuel into fires under cauldrons with boiling sinners and poking pitchforks into those whos heads rise above the surface. 🤷♂
@@DreamPrague and word čert is using for frightening kids or in cartoons....bad kids no gifts but lot of charcoals from čert. 🙂 But we never say word ďábel (in Slovak diabol) with something what have to do with kids...it is seriosly word.
I actually like the carp 🤷♀️ And the Christmas tree doesn't really stand naked in the living room, it's usually bought just a few days before Christmas Eve and is kept somewhere (hidden) still tied up - like on the balcony in flats or in a garage. When I was young my parents really did the whole thing with Ježíšek decorating the Christmas tree. Not only that He was actually bringing the whole tree already decorated through the window. And the presents too. Full package! 😄🎄🎁 The most magical memories 😊
I am over 70 yo born in Prague. I can remember lots of secrecy about the "vanocni stromecek".Pred tim nez se smazil nas milovany tradicni kapr koupeny ze sudu na Vaclavaku, Jezisek (rodice) strojili stromek a dali pod nej darky. Pak Jezisek zazvonil a celym bytem vonelo kadidlo a my se sestrou smeli do pokoje. Prekrasne osviceny stromek a ta atmosfera se NEDA slovy vylicit. Myslim, ze my vsichni mame takove krasne vzpominky.🌲🐟💗 Pozdravy zHeidelbergu ❤️
I wouldn't say days, if you live in a city you can see people having still tied trees on their balcony during the first or second week of December...well, basically a week before Christmas 😂.
Každý rok se těším na smaženého kapra :) Polévka, kapr, řízek a klobáska a pak dárky a gauč :D Ale stromeček si teda zdobíme sami, to na Ježíškovi nenecháváme :D I Vám krásné svátky a hodně zdraví :)
Bylo to pro nás malé děti úžasné překvapení, když zazvonil zvonek a na chodbě za dveřmi byl stromeček. Pak jsme byly již větší a zjistili jsme, že stromeček zdobí otec. No a pak jsme ho sami zdobily nebo jsme pomáhaly. Ale to největší kouzlo bylo, když ho "přinesl Ježíšek." Dnešní rodiče jsou již líné připravovat dětem překvapení, s kterým se pojí dost práce. (Tajit nazdobený strom někde ve vestibulu. My sami jsme to jako překvapení dělali jen do doby, kdy jsme před dětmi uhlídali jeden pokoj a nemuseli jsme jim složitě vysvětlovat, proč tam nesmějí chodit.) Jinak vše stejné.
We love Czech Republic and they culture. In Poland we have very simlar Christmas day like Czech, but for the diner ( about 5-7 pm ) we serve about 12 meals ( pierogies, carp, potato salad, barszcz, seed cake, greek fish, kutia, cheese cake, cabbage with mushrooms and in my family egs with mayo ). Imagine doing 12 difrent meals, all day in kitchen :D Merry Christmas.
Similarly in Czech countries the dinner on the 24. December - Štědrý večer was served as nine dishes comprised of the feast dishes of poor people. They were: Fish soup from carp’s heads and innards, pease-pudding, barley with dried mashrooms (kuba), sour dough sweet buns with sour cream and plum preserve, stewed dried plums, stewed dried pears, fried carp with potatoes or a potatoe salad, carp in a black sauce (černá ryba: old traditional dish with sweet and sour sauce, with dark bier, gingerbread, dried plums, dark syrup etc.), and apple strudel. Merry Christmas Everyone 🎄⛄️🎁
My Němci máme také velmi rádi české pohádky. O Vánocích můžete v televizi vidět mnoho pohádek, zejména „Tři oříšky pro Popelku“. Vždy znovu krásná 😊😇😍 Vesele Vanoce🎄
Celý rok se těším na kapra na štědrovečerní večeři !!!! :D A stromeček jsme vždycky zdobily se ségrou samy cca 10 dní před štědrým dnem :) Každopádně když může Santa nadělovat dárky během noci, proč by to nezmákl Ježíšek, to je pro něj přeci brnkačka ;)
Christmas dinner - the main difference is that we (Czechs) have dinner on 24th Dec., which is the last day of fasting (4O days before xmas without meat - Christian tradition) and in history fish have not been considered meat. And actually many Czech families have a tradition to have goose or duck for lunch on 25th or 26th, so the customs are not so different after all ;)
To be honest, lots of people like to eat fried carp during Christmas. It's because Christmas carp is specially raised to be eaten at that time. If you try to eat it any other time of the year, it tends to smell and taste extremely fishy. But for Christmas, the carp is taken out of the pond several weeks in advance and then put into clean water. Then, if you know how to choose the correct one, it tastes great.
It depends where the carp is fished from. Cleaner the water, less muddy carp meat. Carps are "underwater pigs" which eat anything from algae to small fish, so pond owners would use cow manure to promote growth of algae and plants. Rivers are somewhat better, but some carps are kept in ponds/dams filled by mountain streams. Of course, most carps come from the most muddiest waters.
@@PaulZyCZ My tady v Nemecku kupujeme pred vanoci cerstveho kapra z Ceske republiky! Mozna dokonce z Trebonska, nomohou nam rict. Jsou az 3 druhy, my name radi bez supin, ktery se jmenuje zrcadlovy. Cena je 7, 79 EUR/ kilo. Chutna vyborne s bramborovym salatem, mnam. .
Good note. Carp should be prepared this way any time of year. Even years before it was farmed, carp was gotten out of rivers and not ponds. There were no carp in ponds
Mikuláš - St. Niklaus - Santa Claus. It's the same guy. BTW, I've never heard of some of these traditions in my life. The thing is, many of these are highly regional, and few people are actually rigorous about them. Don't like carp? You fry a nice cod instead. Or whatever. Don't feel like decorating on Christmas Eve? Decorate early (we certainly do). And of course the family decorates the tree - in many families, that's a beloved tradition on its own.
Jen, moc jste mě pobavila! 😆Ano, máte v těch našich tradicích a zvycích nějaké nepřesnosti, ale opravdu mě rozesmálo, jak nás máte "přečtené". Je vidět, že tu už nějaký ten rok žijete a začínáte mít i podobný smysl pro humor a nadsázku jako my. Přeji vám i Honzovi a pejskovi krásné a pohodové Vánoce! 🌲
Milá Jen, mám Vás moc ráda, ale vánočního kapra taky ...a moc , fakt se na něho těším !!! A věru nejsem sama !!! Krásné vánoce a v novém roce další vtipná i poučná videa 🤗
I love your videos. :D I do think, though, that Czech families "not" decorating their own Christmas tree is very rare. I know it happens, but all throughout my life I've only ever known one family who would leave it up to "Ježíšek". The majority of families decorate together with children. It used to be my favourite part of preparing for Christmas as a kid. :D And as for the tree..in our family, it was always left on the balcony for a couple of days before putting it into the living room on the 23rd and decorating it then. .) Also, Merry Christmas! :D
In religious families, children knew from a young age that Jesus had grown up and what he is known for, and also that we people here continue his work and what we do, we do in his name. So "Ježíšek" is not magic, but rather metaphorical theology. The real Jesus loved such metaphors. We are to be like him and treat our fellowmen and poor as him.
My family can be the second one. My parents hid the tree on the balcony and then secretly placed it in the living room the night before the 24th and decorated it. On the "Štědrý den" we, the children, were not allowed to go to the living room not to disturb "Ježíšek". And finally, after the dinner, mom slipped away for a while, lit the tree and rang the bell. It was really magical for us back then.
Hi from Australia. May I ask please, who is actually decorating the tree while the children eat? I guess the parents? But are they not eating at the same time?
@@denisemoore6134 We always decorated it on the 23rd together, so the day before. Every family is a bit different, though. Even with families where the tree is decorated by "baby Jesus", I doubt that it's done during the dinner. Nobody can be missing during the meal. :D More like before dinner a family member sneaks out and the kids simply aren't allowed to go to in the livingroom for a bit, as in not to disturb "baby Jesus" who's decorating. :D Even if the tree is already decorated the day before, there's still the issue of getting the presents under it in the evening without the kids seeing. In our family, after dinner we would all go in the bathroom (of all places) to sing carols and after a couple, my dad would say he needs to go check on baby Jesus stealthily (and would put the presents under). I never thought it was weird as a kid. :D I just thought baby Jesus would flee at the sight of children and that's why I wasn't allowed to go. And then, "baby Jesus" would ring a bell and we would all go into the living room. I wasn't suspicious. :D
@@denisemoore6134 In my family, my parents decorated the tree and put all the presents under it during the night and we were not allowed to go to the living room the whole day till the evening (to not disturb "Ježíšek"). The living room was a separate room in our flat, that could be locked. After the dinner my mother "went to the toilet" or something like that, quickly lit the lights on the tree and rang the bell. It was really like a magic for us.
A odkud se tedy vzalo zlaté prasátko? Za tuto vánoční legendu vděčíme taktéž Keltům. Podle ní se totiž každému, kdo se vydrží celý Štědrý den až do večeře postit, ukáže na stěně zlaté prasátko. Prase je odedávna symbolem bohatství a hojnosti. Každý, kdo měl ve chlévě nějakého toho pašíka, věděl, že je na zimu zabezpečený a hladem neumře. Odtud také pochází prasátko jako pokladnička. Vykrmené prasátko bylo v té době prostě určitým způsobem spoření a zabezpečení se. Keltové navíc uctívali kance jako posvátné zvíře, takže jeho zahlédnutí v tento významný den tomu přidalo ještě punc božskosti.
Cudzinec sa pýta Slováka (Čecha): -Čo tradične jete na Vianoce? /Rybu a šalát. -To znie zdravo! /Áno, znie. -What do you traditionally eat at Christmas? /Fish and salad. -That sounds healthy! /Yes, it sounds.
Hello from Australia. Our Christmas meal is of the British tradition and is Roast Beef, roast potatoes, pumpkin, carrots, onions, topped with gravy made from the roast juices. Dessert is plum pudding with cream and/or icecream. Also I put in red and green jelly. 😀🦘🦘🎁
S tím kaprem jste mě tedy pěkně naštvala. Obalovaného kapra s bramborovým salátem miluju a spolu se mnou tak polovina Čechů. Opravdu to není o tom, že bychom si schválně dávali něco, co nám nechutná, zvláště, když je to o dost dražší než třeba ten řízek.
@@annalupinkova7644 je to opravdu rodina od rodiny. Od te doby, co jsme jeli jako deti s bratrem na pohotovost kvuli kosti v krku, uz u nas jedla kapra jen mamka 😂 My uz dnes kapra nekupujem, ja ani zena ho nemusime, staci rybi prsty.
We actually believe that Santa Claus is a new American version of Mikuláš (Saint Nicholas). It means we technically have both Santa nad Baby Jesus ☺ I love these traditions, they make the long December nights so exciting!
Actually it isn't so new :-) It was brought to New York with Duch settlers as "Sint Niklaas" which was butchered by English (and other later settlers) to Santa Claus
Santa Claus isn't a new version of St. Nicolaus. It's just a new image and name shift: Saint = Santa, Claus is shortened name of Nicolaus. They are exactly the same and only difference is getting rid of the Catholic Christianity thing (as Evangelic Americans often do), moving a bishop into lands of neutral north-pole "elves" for some reason. ( @Toru Valejo )
@@Fyrgon I recognize the tendency to associate new things with Americans. However, the look, the outfit and even the North Pole domicile of Santa (Jultomte in Scandinavia) all have existed in the Scandinavian version of Christmas symbols well before they became globally popular thru American movies and commercial means. If Swedish immigrants like Nordstrom (a nation-wide US department store chain) introduced these Scandinavian traditions to Americans via their commercial influence, this can hardly be described as "getting rid of Catholic Christianity by Evangelical Americans."
Děkuji! :D This is exactly what I needed. I've been wondering the whole time about the Czech christmas traditions :) I just love how close you bring your viewers to the Czech spirit.
Na kapra se salátem se těším doslova celý rok a nic v mém "vánočním žebříčku" není výše 😂 děláme 2, jednoho klasicky smaženého, druhého pečeného (cibule kmín, koření). Saláty dříve také 2 druhy, kromě klasického bramborový "na kyselo" který se právě hodil k tomu pečenému kaprovi. Takže k té otázce, Ano sakra chutná a prodal bych za štědrovečerní večeři ledvinu 😂😂😂 Krásné svátky přeji!!! 🎄🎄🎄
Actually, both American Christmas movies you've mentioned air in the Czech Republic every year as well. This year, they'll both be on TV on Christmas Eve. Home Alone (Sám doma) airs on Prima channel at 8:15 PM and Love Actually (Láska nebeská) airs on Nova channel at 9:50 PM. While Saint Nicholas was Greek, he lived in Myra in the southwest of modern-day Turkey. Santa Claus is also based on Saint Nicholas so he doesn't bring gifts to Czech children on Christmas Eve because he was already here almost 3 week earlier.
I would say that most families in Valachia eat mushroom soup (made of mushrooms colected during the year) instead of fish soup. Also quite a lot of families decorate christmas tree on the 24th morning (until than the tree is in te garage/balcony/hallway), dinner is eaten in the same room as the tree is (without gifts), than children and one of the adults go outside after opening a windov (for the baby jesus to get to the room), outside they have fin with sparklers and after they hear a bell sound they run back to the house to found gifts under a tree.
As you said it is a tradition that the gifts are opened only after everyone has finished their dinner and my mom told me that her grandpa loved to tease her by always being the last one still eating at the table and when he was finishing, although he was already full to the point of almost bursting, he always said that he'll probably get another piece of carp as he was watching my mom who couldn't wait for the presents. 😂
In my 30 years in Moravia, I have never met anyone who didn't love fried carp. Maybe Bohemia is a little different. Carp reminds me of catfish back in Texas. Back in the old South, we used to eat blackeyed peas on New Year's Day for good luck. Here in Moravia, we eat lentils on New Year's Day.
Jasně ta chuť rybničního bahna je k nezaplacení a kosti kterých má kapr snad nejvíc ze všech ryb jsou taky pěkný bonus. Neznám hnusnější a nechutnější rybu. Jen bohužel zřejmě netuší, že cpaní se rybou je dáno tradicí katolické církve a jejích postů, které zřejmě protestanti neznají. To je důvod rybích orgií na vánoce a zavedlo se to už za Karla IV a později obnovilo. Já sám kapra nejím vůbec, je chuťově nevalný a díky kostem nepříjemný. Na vánoce patří "kuba" což je také postní jídlo a když rybu tak asi candáta, nebo sivena, j když loni jsem měl tuňáka. A letos si krom kuby udělám telecí řízek po milánsku, tedy v parmazánu :-) nejsem katolík, takže mohu jíst co mne napadne
Ale o to přece nejde. I kapr se dá připravit chutně a i losos se dá zmršit. Ano, kapr má jak kulturní, tak historickou tradici a jsem rád, že se udržuje. Mě ALE zarazilo porovnání kapra se "smradlavým" lososem. Jak kdybych psal: mám rád na caprese ten luxusní slunecnicovej olej, né to "šméčko" oliváč... Asi tolik logiky :)
@@badaxebadaxe2248 pokud Vám kapr smrděl po bahně,je to chyba prodejce. Pokud je kapr správně vysádkovaný, je zbaven tohoto zápachu. Správně vyčištěného kapra poznáte na spodních ploutvích ,které získají oranžové zbarvení.
Vždycky jsme si stromeček zdobili sami během dne 24.12.. Museli jsme stromek připravit pro Ježíška, aby náš stromeček našel. U stromečku jsme mu nechali nakreslené Vánoční obrázky.
Teda, to slyším prvně, že by vánoční stromeček strojil Ježíšek, to je přeci pohodová rodinná záležitost.🙂 th-cam.com/video/qNMTaZ_5PGs/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=JanAnto%C5%A1
České Vánoce jsou nejlepší! Dárečky nám nosí sám Ježíšek (má otce Boha - ten bude asi mocnější než nějaký dědula ze severního pólu). Zkoušel to tu Děda mráz - neuspěl a Santa Klaus má taky smůlu. Moje děti ví, kdo je Santa, Klaus v kterých zemích dárky nosí - je však pomalý a doručí je až druhý den! :) My máme Ježíška a máme ho moc rádi. Mimo jiné, není jedno z nejoblíbenějších jídel v Americe Sushi? Já jen, že ty ryby použité na výrobu Sushi, taky předtím, než byly snězeny, neměli masáž, nekoukli se na hezký film, neposlechly si pro uklidnění klasickou hudbu a pak si hlavu odřízli dobrovolně sami. Kapr je skvělý, jen má moc drobných kostí a musí se jíst opatrně. A kapří polévka je také moc dobrá. A bramborový salát? Neznám nikoho, kdo by ho neměl rád... opravdu ne. A sranda je, že má spoustu podob - dle každé rodiny, která si ho doma vyrobí. Nikdy nenajdete v českých domácností stejný! Každopádně přeji všem v novém roce to nejlepší a hlavně buďte zdraví a šťastní!
Milá Jen, mám velmi ráda tvá videa. České vánoční tradice jste vystihla celkem dobře, nějaké nepřesnosti ovšem ale jsou. Ti češi, co nemají rádi kapra si ho nekupují a jí právě řízek (i když nechápu, kapr je výborný). Co se týče zdobení stromečku od Ježíška, tak tuto tradici má každá rodina a kraj v čechách poněkud jiný. Stejně tak večeři. A celkově, proč je kapr tak tradiční? Štědrý den je předvečer narození pána Ježíše, tudíž ještě je i večeře má být postní - kapr, jakožto ryba byla vždy jídlem chudých a je brána jako postní jídlo, nejen v Evropě a to již od Ježíšových dob (stejně tak brambory a nakládaná zelenina, která je vždy součástí bramborového salátu, i když každý má vlastní recept :) ). Právě proto bych řekla, že tady máme tuto tradici. Přes to, že to má být "postní" večeře se dle mého všichni dozajista příjemně nacpeme a pak jdeme rozbalovat dárky od Ježíška. On je ovšem ten největší dar a to i přesto, že jsme velmi ateistická země.
Just a little trip to the history: The carp is a traditional dish connected with Christmas and Jesus Christ himself, since he fed 4000 people with 2 fish, and the carp was the most common fish in Czech republic. Truth is, historically since 1648 fish were the privilege of the nobility, because the nobility owned the ponds. Fish came back to the table after WWII.
Carps were raised in ponds od South Bohemia since Jakub Krčín z Jelčan built them on Rožmberks’ holdings in Třeboň around 1600. They are raised there since that time till today. It is documented pauper people in South Bohemia begged their establishment not to be fed carp more than five days a week!
It is not true. Carp returned to the Christmas Eve menu as early as the 19th century. It is true that carp was a more expensive meal back then. Carp boomed after the First World War and the collapse of Austria-Hungary, when it was necessary to replace the lost sales on foreign markets with domestic demand. Back then, carp was eaten with a sweet plum sauce. After World War II, carp began to be eaten with potato salad and fried.
1) Many Czechs decorate their Christmas tree sooner than on 24th. It's not a rule or some kind of obligation to decorate it on the evening of 24th. And at our home, we decorate it on the same day we put it into the living room. And in some families kids decorate it too, it's not necessarilly up to Ježíšek. 2) Some people actually like carp, but you don't have to eat it if you don't want to. And yes, many Czechs have řízek instead of carp. Řízek + a lot of potato salad? Yum!! :) 3) For me as a kid, it was just so exciting to wait in the kitchen to see the Christmas gifts and then to go to the living room after my dad rang a bell and I saw our decorated Christmas tree in all its glory with the shining lights on, Christmas presents in front of it and fairytales on TV. Just magical. 4) My mum used to put a symbolic paper fish scale into her wallet for good luck, but I don't know anyone personally who does the carving or throw a shoe nowadays. 5) Pelíšky is not usually the first or main thing I watch during Christmas. It's a popular movie, but for me it's mainly the beautiful and funny fairytales I'm always excited about. Princezna se zlatou hvězdou, S čerty nejsou žerty, Tři oříšky pro Popelku, Jak se budí princezny, Šíleně smutná princezna, Byl jednou jeden král,...etc Plus Sám doma (Home Alone) and Láska nebeská (Love Actually) too :)
I remember when I was very little (like 5 years old I think) I incorrectly assumed that Ježíšek was the same as Ježeček (baby hedgehog - Ježek) and in my mind I thought that a giant yet cute hedgehog will sneak into our house with the gifts pinned to his back on the needles and deliver them :D Else spot on video. I know there are exist some people who like carp, they are as rare as unicorns but supposedly so they come out of their hiding during Christmas, yet I have yet to find one them. No one I know or no one any of my family or friends know throughout the ages dating back at least to 1918s, likes carp or fish soup. My grandfather from my father's side insisted on having a fried carp for dinner but he would eat a few pieces because it was a tradition and he demanded to follow that tradition but then joined with the rest of the family to eat řizky and the fried vídeňská klobása. Regarding the tree, I think there are only two kinds of people in Czech. Those that buy it earlier and decorate with family to have that beautiful centerpiece in their homes and those that buy it later and hide it either in a garage or a balcony then decorate it on the 24th and reveal it together with the presents. (In my family the tree would be decorated by either my mom or my grandad and locked in a bedroom to be then revealed with the gifts after the dinner when the bell rings). I loved it but I understand the bit about the patience the kids have. It was very intense especially when you add to it the legend that whoever rises up from the christmas dinner table before the dinner is finished will die within a year :D
Prior to covid, Česká televize actually premiered three new fairy tale movies, each one at each the three Christmas days (Eve, 1st and 2nd). Covid just made it harder so they didn't do it the last two years and I'm not sure if they're gonna go back to the model because since they introduced this model, the quality of the stories went down. One year they even made a fourth one, played in the Czech Sign Language and premiered on the second channel. About the Christmas dinner, technically it could be any fish and it would still keep the tradition (since the meaning of it is that a fish was the original symbol of Christianity) and so many families switch to salmon or other type of fish.
Hey, fried carp is great! The problem is usually that someone doesn't know how to prepare it properly. But what, above all, I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy start to the new year.
Hello Jen, thank you for your funny take on the Czech Christmas. :) Regarding the carp, if you ever visit Třeboň in the South Bohemia in the future, you can try their local speciality "kapří hranolky"... which could be translated as carp fries or perhaps fried carp cutlets? You may warm up to the carp then. My mother, who has never cared for the carp on the Christmas Eve, actually enjoyed them as there was way less icky fishbones and fish fat. Anyway, I think that the way the carp is distributed is a callback to how things used to be in the past. I believe it used to be quite normal that customers would check out the animals, choose a particular one, and the seller would slaughter it for them. When I was a child, this process was quite educative for me, because it made me fully realize, where the meat on my plate actually comes from.
Well Jenn, traditions differ from family to family. In our family the tree was bought always during last week before christams Eve and we as a children took out the stand, electriclight-chain, christmas baubles and chocolate figurine collection and decorated the tree with it. When it was time on 24th Dec, sometime around 17:00, the bell rang and the magic happened - there were gifts under the tree. Well, sometime before that we weren't allowed to enter parents bedroom, guess why! P.S. I like the carp with potato salad, just not the bones it has. And don't even speak about having it next few days also. Well, we were saved by the fried duck on 26th...
Fried duck on the 26th! That seems worth waiting for! I like the idea that you decorated with the whole family. That was my favorite time as a child. Have a lovely Christmas, Robin.
Hi Jen, there 2 types of Czech family Xmas trees... 1st get theirs in 24th, new and decorated by Ježíšek in the evening and the 2nd type (and I😂) get their tree on the first Advent Sunday and they decorate it together as a family. There is nothing like U said "naked sad tree" in the room for weeks 🤣😂
I forgot to thank you for the video , like your sense of humor , I am Czech living in US and it is nice to see how the Americans are experiencing the Czech culture … Veselé Vánoce … 🎄
Yeah I’m Czech. And every year for Christmas on the 24th of December, me & my family eat fish with potato salad & crab legs for dinner, then me & my brothers go into my room to wait for the presents, & lastly, when we hear a bell ringing, then that’s when my and my brothers know we can go and open our presents.
with the tree decorating: i would say it mostly depends household to household. for example we decorate it the morning of the 24th as a family bonding activity and the only thing "Ježíšek" adds is electric lights. I LOVE CHRISTMAS CARP, ITS SO GOOD. there you go, now you know a czech person that likes it. :)
Foreign movies are also very popular here on Christmas though. Among others, Die Hard (translated as Smrtonosná past) is my favorite movie. And one of the most traditional movies is Russian tale Mrazík (Frosty) from 1965. And most people prefer to watch their favorite movie during Christmas, at least as long as it's broadcasted.
Hi, I'm from Slovakia and our table is full of great food, our family doesn't really like carp, so we have homemade trout, salmon or fillet. We eat fish because Christmas Eve is one of the biggest Christian holidays and it is fasting, meaning no meat is eaten. Not because fish is the best our culture has to offer. We have potato salad with the fish. We have cabbage soup before the fish and we start the dinner by eating a wafer with honey, as a symbol of the body of God as in the church. Many families also have other soups such as plum soup or fish soup. The table is full of cakes and fruit. For drinking, we have mulled wine or homemade schnapps with ginger and honey called "zavorovica". Before dinner, the father begins with a prayer and gives thanks for the food, health and the whole year. As for traditions, we can't get up from the table during dinner, we put money under the tablecloth so that it stays there for the next year, we used to put chains on the table to keep the family together. Everything that was produced or grown during the year should be on the table as a sign of thanks. After dinner, we also give food from the table to domestic animals, be it cattle or a dog, a cat, so that they too can be a part of it and partake of the year-round harvest. As I mentioned, Christmas eve is a day of fasting, so ideally we shouldn't eat anything until dinner. Each family and region has slightly different traditions, some more, some less, but it is probably the most beautiful year. 💗
Jen, where is your info from? The tree is not standing undecorated in the room. It is a part of the Advent evening surprise. Small kids believe Jezisek decorated it and put the presents under. The undecorated tree is kept in the yard, balcony, attic, whatever space you have for it. Lots of people have the artificial tree in the storage room. Room, where the decorated tree is to stand, is not accessible to kids on Dec.24: they know, Jezisek is coming and will set up the room to surprise them. When the kids get older, they decorate themselves, or with parents, as they don’t believe anymore, that it’s Jezisek, who brings the presents and decorates the tree...
In our home in Czechoslovakia, ourm parents decorated the Christmas tree the night of December 23rd, later we participated in decorating the tree on Christmas Eve Day, December 24th. It was always Jezisek who brought the gifts while we were washing up after the dinner. Later, it was a sport to sneek in the gifts unde the tree while nobody was watching. A couple of years ago, I was in CR before Christmas, and there was a "robotic" Santa on the town square, writing on a digital pad. A illtle girl with her grandmother stopped in front of Santa, and the little girl was pointing to Santa wirting. Grandma cleverly responded: Santa is a scribe for Jezisek to tell him what to bring to good chidren. That was precious! We found carp in the U.S. but it was BIG and BAD. Now, we use red snapper. It's great fried with potatoe salad and green peas. For soup, we make Moravian sour kraut, dry mushroom, plums and sour cream soup, better done a day in advance. Recently, we were introduced to movies Andel Pane (Andel of Lord) I and II. Jen, thank your for the heartwarning Vanocni video and Vesele Vanoce to all!
Funny thing, I always carried a fish scale in my wallet, though I never had any money! But! I LOVE our Christmas carp and potato salad. Perhaps it’s the festive dishes and overall atmosphere that makes it look fancy. Plus my mom is an amazing cook, that might help, lol
Walking out of your flat on the first day and seeing endless tubs of carp on the sidewalk is definitely one of the trippiest things you'll ever experience.
Ahoj, no opět jsem se bavil, tedy až na toho kapra - kapr mi velmi chutná a to nejen na vánoce, mám rád ryby obecně a tak si klidně nějakého kapra chytnu sám třeba v létě o prázdninách. Je to asi 5let zpátky kdy jsem si zahrál na skutečného Ježíška, šel jsem po večeři na lodžii a nějaké dítě volalo z okna sousedního baráku "Děkuju ti Ježíšku" no a já se svým pověstným smyslem pro humor okamžitě takovým táhlým jakoby se vzdalujícím hlasem odpověděl "Nemááááš zacóóóó, hlavně buď hodnýýýýýýý" to ditě z toho bylo pěkně vyvalený, protože jsem hned slyšel "Mami, tati slyšeli jste to?" - tak jsem jim alespoň trochu upevnil tradice. U nás se zdobí stromek až dvacátého čtvrtého a to tak, že se zvolí nějaké téma (každý rok jiné)- například slaměný a každý z rodiny si na stromek pověsí v průběhu dne nějakou oblíbenou ozdobu vyrobenou ze slámy a to se vždy doplní oblíbenými ozdobami těch, kteří už tu s námi nemohou být. No a tak nám na stromečku visí i korálkové ozdoby vyrobené cca v padesátých letech v USA, protože část naší rodiny odtud pochází. Krásné prožití svátků, hodně štěstí a zdraví všem 🙂🎄 Tom Edit: Tu luxusní čelenku - zajisté od Tifaniho jsem zaregistroval až cca v polovině videa - tedy zaregistroval jsem ji hned, ale v polovině mi teprve došlo z čeho je 😂 super 👍
většinou se kupují stromky těsně před vánoci, takže doma nestraší. Neznám nikoho, kdo by si nechával zdobit stromeček (možná tak firmy nebo starší lidé), to byl vždy úkol tatínka s dětmi ať má maminka klid na vaření. Kapr se jí na vánoce jako postní jídlo. Nemělo by se totiž na vánoce jíst maso (a ryba a jiné vodní potvory se nepovažují za zvířata). Na štědrý den by se nemělo jíst až do večeře vůbec- kvůli půstu a dětem se to vysvětlilo čekáním na zlaté prasátko. Ježíšek se nemusí nikam vplížit jako zloděj, prostě udělá kouzlo ;-) Krásné Vánoce
Hi Jen, I´m looking forward to fried carp - I loved It. One more Czech tradition before and during Christmas is to listen (and better to perform) Czech Christmast Mass Hey Master (Hej Mistře) by Jakub Jan Ryba. Nearest opportunity for You is to visit Sacred Heart Of Jesus Church at Jiřák the 25th of December at 15:00 - start. But is necessery to come earlier - church will be overcrouded.
I actually can't wait for the carp. 🙂And the potato salad! But then again, I'm not 100% Czech, so... there's that. Edit: Oh, and of course Czechs do believe in Santa. Mikuláš is the same guy.
4:54 I guess every family has it different, but in our family, the tree was put up and decorated on 24th in the morning, because Ježíšek would not want to give presents to us, if we had undecorated tree.
Mame rádi kapra, vůbec není bahnitý, smažený je vyborný. A podle tradice "Na Vánoce na stůl patří osmažené maso kapří." Šupinku si dáváme někam k penězům - dospělí do peněženky, děti do kasičky. Ježíšek je prostě "vánoční kouzlo". Dárky přičaruje, zatímco večeříme, pak se ozve kouzelný zvoneček a můžeme ke stromečku. Když jsou děti malé, objevuje se stromeček společně s dárky. Jak děti rostou a odhalují to, že dárky kupují dospělí, častěji zdobí stromek samy. Někdy 23.12. večer, někdy 24.12. dopoledne. To se často v rodinách liší. Někdo zdobí stromek už během prosince, ale to není tradiční. Rozhodně nestojí v obýváku neozdobený stromek. Buď je koupený a ukrytý na balkoně, ve sklepě nebo někde na zahradě, někdy je nazdoben hned po koupení. Ještě jeden "předpovídací zvyk" tu není. A to jsou "barborky". Na sv. Barboru (4.12.) si svobodná dívka dá do vázy větvičku z trešně. Když jí do Štědrého dne vykvete, vdá se.
I know this tradition but no one who truly does it, for parents it's easier to prepare the tree with kids than secretly and quickly alone. And most kids love the decorating. So yeah, I think Czechia is losing this tradition nowadays.
Kapra stáhnu z kůže (to je to, co může páchnout a většině lidí vadit), porce pokapu citronem, nechám přes noc a na Štědrý den chutná moc dobře (na kosti se holt musí dát pozor).
Tak první díl který jsem neviděl celý a vypnul po kaprovi z "bláta".Kapr je ryba a ryba je postní jídlo což ze štědrým dnem plně souzní.Mimo jiné máme na štědrý den i mnohem postnější jídla a to prosté jakéhokoliv masa.Stromečky se vždy zdobily ráno 24.12 aby to čekání na večer lépe utíkalo ale zavlečená kultura tento zvyk už téměř zničila.A dárky dětem nosí ježíšek tedy přesněji andělé podle jeho instrukcí a dokud děti věří na ježíška tak jsou to opravdové vánoce jak se dozvědí pravdu je duch vánoc z 80% pryč.Dosud praktikujeme při rozbalovaní dárků že nejmladší člen rodiny si vleze pod stromeček a začne podávat dárek ostatním a to jen jeden a obdarovaný si dárek ohmatá a tipne si co je to za dárek a asi od koho.Po rozbalení si dárek odzkouší nebo vyzkouší a odloží a teprve potom přijde na řadu další dárek pro dalšího člena rodiny. Takto vybalujeme i tři hodiny než je vše vybaleno.
přesně.. ale dokoukal jsem to. Ano, jak si se zapomnělo na to že ryba je postní jídlo. třeba jako byl i bobří ocas :D U nás se dávají i jiné řízky na stůl. Jen nezapomenu na to jak jsem byl v mládí nabádán bych si s jídlem nehrál, no a pak mi daj na talíř kapra :D Ale dovolil bych si nesouhlasit se zavlečenou kulturou. Ono to zdobení stromku není úplně původní. A ani "naše" Vánoce nejsou stejné jako byly před sto lety. A upřímně kolik tradic doma děláte? Já si jako malej pamatuju na skořápky se svíčkou v lavoru a nebo vaně, krájení jablka a jednou i lití olova, vlastně i lepení papírového řetězu ( pokud se to dá vzít jako tradice když to děláte pravidelně :) ). Hlavně Vánoce jsou rodinou záležitostí a pokud se nepodaří předat tradici dál třeba i v modernější formě, není to chyba zavlečené kultury. Dovolil bych si říci, že je to spíše neschopnost předat dál tu tradici.
Přeji vám manželovi a pejskovi krásné svátky, věřte, že když jsem byla malá tolik jsem věřila na Ježíška, že když jsme se ségrou šmírovaly klíčovou dírkou opravdu jsem viděla baculatého andelíčka jak zdobí stromeček a dává dárky pod stromeček. Když zavřu oči vidím ho dodnes ač už jsem trojnásobná babí.🙂😁
In Germany get the children the pesents also on Christmas eve. After church ad dinner the children see the christmastree the first time with lights. Under this are the presents. In Southern Germany brings the christchild the presents. The same traditions are in Austria.
My jsme hrdí na naše úžasná jídla, pohádky a tradice.Vy nemáte nic, vše jste převzali od jiných národů.přeji krásné a klidné Vánoce 🎄🎍
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Stromeček naprosto explicitně zdobíme od malička sami a někdy to bylo hned první adventní neděli, aby nám dlouho přinášel radost, někdy to bylo poslední adventní neděli, často ale (a to slýchám od vícero rodin) až na Štědrý den a celkem jedno kdy, někdy dopoledne nebo odpoledne, podle času. :)
Great points mentioned. Just a few points from me on this topic: baby Jesus also brings gifts to children in other central European countries including Austria (ChristKind). Jesus gave people fish to eat, so isnt it then appropriate to each fish in celebration of him....? I love that eating fish is a tradition for Christmas. Some people make salmon or candat. Oh, and I love fried carp with potatoe salad on Christmas eve. In the USA I used catfish to make rybi rizek. Did you know that in Scandinavia they also make fish soup (dont know if for Christmas) but oh, lohi-keito is so good. You can make any kind of soup you want, but since carp is pretty much the most common fish in Czechis thanks to rybniky (man made fish breeding lakes) the tradition is fish soup from carp - many ways to make it (I make a broth from a few pieces of fish and add root vegetables - so no head, just fish meat). Oh, and see any Netflix christmas movies lately - they seem like modern day fairy tales to me.
Jen, jak ráda tvá videa sleduji a vždy se velmi pobavím, tak tady poprvé jsem si řekla, že je to naprosto nepochopené, to není o logice, ale o tradicích přece. Všechny děti nevěří na Ježíška? Opravdu Češi koupí kapra, aby ho pak hodili do Vltavy, kord když bydlí v třeba v severních Čechách? Nikdo z Čechů nemá rád tradičního kapra? To jako fakt? Kdo ti toto vše napovídal? Samozřejmě, že ne každý má prostě rád kapra, ale co já znám, tak to bývá v rodinách tak půl na půl. Někdo ho zbožňuje a někdo ho až tak nemusí, ale na Vánoce si ho dá a někdo si dá něco jiného. Na tom nic není. Ne, není to určitě nejlepší české jídlo, ani to být nemá, je to jen tradiční štědrovečerní české jídlo. Myslím, že o Vánocích rozhodně neplatí, že bysme si na něco pořád stěžovali (jinak ano, rádi:) A že jsme všichni vyrostli na krásných pohádkách a prostě máme je s Vánoci spojené? Ne, české děti neuplatňují logiku, co a jak Ježíšek stihne, je to pro ně zázračné a magické, asi jako ty Popelčiny oříšky. To se těžko vysvětluje, nemyslím to nijak ve zlém, jen jsem měla potřebu se k tomu vyjádřit, protože mi to fakt přišlo těžce nepochopené. Jinak všem krásné Vánoce :)
Exactly! Releasing the carp back to the lake is very rare and stupid because the carp will die immediately. I don't think anyone really does that. And most Czechs love carp! But it can't change the fact this is yet another great and funny video.
I like the carp and potato salad on the X-mas Eve ! Just have to be very careful about the bones. Tales about spending the night of X-mas at the emergency room are frequent! We eat the fish as Dec 24th is supposed to be a fasting day. Traditionally, people did put the best and symbolic food on the table for that dinner, but saved the meat for lunch on 25th and 26th. We have big roast lunch on the 25th (it is usually turkey or goose). I hope you do enjoy the Czech way of spending X-mas! If not, the shopping malls are working the U.S. way also in Prague :) But no Santas there, to sit on their lap....and you do not sit on Jezisek's lap...so hope you can do without! Merry Xmas to you dear Jen, Honza and Tobik! ✨🎄✨
Funny idea 🙄😂😂😂🙈👍, how an undecorated tree stands in our Czech households for weeks. No, it was bought a few days before Christmas, but it is hidden on the balcony or in the garage and will be erected, placed in the stand and decorated on 23.12.....or.....24.12.2022 morning
It's been a minute, but we always had goose or duck, with sauerkraut and dumplings on Christmas Day. Tried carp a few times in the states, but it never tasted the same as fresh from the tub, so mom made Turkey or chicken cutlets with potato salad on Christmas eve, and loads of cukrovi for the Christmas season. Mikulas IS St. Nicholas, ie.the real Catholic Saint whose feast day is 6th of December. Not sure how he got bastardised into Santa and associated with Christmas.
In The Netherlands we have Sinterklaas, a saint who comes from Spain with assistants on December 5th. He has a book with names and records who was sweet and who was naughty last year, who got a present and who should come to Spain in a sack. In The Netherlands Sinterklaas is, together with Christmas, the major event in December. Sinterklaas, who the Dutch kids believe comes from Spain, in fact is a saint from Turkey.
Carp is the traditional choice as fish was not considered meat and thus was appropriate on lent. Carp in particular was a result of the demand by far outstripping our rivers ability to provide enough fresh fish and the sea fish being expensive this far in the mainland. Carp became a profitable industry with a lot of artifical lakes being documented all the way back to 11th century.
There is no bad meal. It all depends on preparation. The carp is eaten because you hold the "Nativity Fast". During that eating animals is not allowed. Only fishes. BTW Naturally baked carp is delicious.
Just note on the whole carp thing, it's because technically according to christian tradition you have to fast (the Nativity Fast) from mid-November till the 24th of December and while meat is not permitted, fish is. And carp being the most common fish, we get the tradition. Now nobody fasts before xmas, with the exception of kids on the day itself as they are told they will be able to see a golden pig in the sky if they wait to eat till dinner... fun stuff.
Czech Christmas celebrations are very similar to others countries.The difference between USA or UK is that they do starting their celebration 24th December similar like in Germany, Poland and others.(In the evening before it is believed Jesus was born) with eating a fish because of fasting. 24th Dec is still considered as lent.(means if fasting you not suppose to eat meat, therefore you cannot have on table the best you have, but this will still come later) In fact the best food they eat, is served on 25, 26th Dec., so actually it is very similar to USA or in the UK. In Czech or Slovakia is usually served goose, duck, pork, beef or turkey. Depends on family traditions and what they used to have available in their households, in past.The purpose is to create a rich table and share it with the extentended families.This again is very individual in each families. Mostly Christmas are shared then with parents, grandparents, siblings and cousins.
Jen, the fish you buy in the supermarket is not printed on a 3D printer. Since time immemorial, people have been raising farm animals for meat and then slaughtering those animals for meat. The larger ones were slaughtered by the butcher (now at the slaughterhouse), the smaller ones were slaughtered by people at home, mainly poultry and rabbits. Carp is also a farm animal, fish are kept in ponds. And because people want carp fresh, they kill them and gut them at the point of sale. There's nothing wrong with that, people just forget that. Some would probably starve to death in a desolate place even if there were lots of animals running and swimming around. They would miss the supermarket there and its cooling box.
Krásné Vánoce, Jen! :) Enjoy the free and magical time, be Merry, and all the best. "Our" Christmas (IMHO) is a time of people talking to each other, friends and families meeting over a mulled wine, and may be some people are influenced by the fairytales and try to be "better". Yes, we love our "Pohádky" and we are good at shooting them (well less good these days) but still.
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To me, fried carp with potato salad is by far the best meal ever. Mike, a Czech person
Just to be clear - 'Santa Claus' is a legendary figure based originally on the figure of 'Father Christmas' from an old English folklore AND dutch Sinterklaas or Saint Nicholas respectively (hence the name Santa - Saint and Claus - Nicolaus) that we Czechs call Mikuláš.
So, in essence, we Czechs not only do have Santa (that gives presents on the eve of December 5th), but also Byby Jesus, 'Christkind', Ježíšek, who gives presents on the eve of December 24th.
AND - of course - I can't stress enough how much I love fried karp! But how the tradition came to be is that the time of Advent that culminates on the December 24th was a time of fasting when eating meat was forbidden. BUT fish are not considered meat per se by church, so fish was the most 'celebratory meal' that people could eat during this time.
@@malyvo0 During Advent, people were FASTING - feasting comes then, during / after Christmas ;-)
Santa Claus is that Greek guy. Saint Nicklaus. Our Mikuláš. Americans just complete forgot who he is.
@@ducklingcz sorry, of course, my bad - corrected
Just a little detail: čert does not mean "the devil". The devil translates to "ďábel", while čert is more one of the devils minion - basicaly like a guy who works in hell. Altough "čert" and "ďábel" mean basicaly the same thing, their role in folklore is a bit different. Ďábel is the boss who gets to be cool and evil and čert is his overworked employee whos main responsibility is all the boring manual labour.
Hahaha, that's a great explanation, thanks!
could be a hellboy..))
@@DreamPrague And there is one more thing. Czech hell is more or less like an institution, especialy in christmas fairitales.
čert is just something like an "goverment official". He is here just for take care of justice, like a police. You don´t have to die, if you behave badly enough, čert will find you and take you away from the world.
And by boring manual labour is meant mostly puting more fuel into fires under cauldrons with boiling sinners and poking pitchforks into those whos heads rise above the surface. 🤷♂
@@DreamPrague and word čert is using for frightening kids or in cartoons....bad kids no gifts but lot of charcoals from čert. 🙂
But we never say word ďábel (in Slovak diabol) with something what have to do with kids...it is seriosly word.
I actually like the carp 🤷♀️
And the Christmas tree doesn't really stand naked in the living room, it's usually bought just a few days before Christmas Eve and is kept somewhere (hidden) still tied up - like on the balcony in flats or in a garage.
When I was young my parents really did the whole thing with Ježíšek decorating the Christmas tree. Not only that He was actually bringing the whole tree already decorated through the window. And the presents too. Full package! 😄🎄🎁 The most magical memories 😊
I am over 70 yo born in Prague. I can remember lots of secrecy about the "vanocni stromecek".Pred tim nez se smazil nas milovany tradicni kapr koupeny ze sudu na Vaclavaku, Jezisek (rodice) strojili stromek a dali pod nej darky. Pak Jezisek zazvonil a celym bytem vonelo kadidlo a my se sestrou smeli do pokoje. Prekrasne osviceny stromek a ta atmosfera se NEDA slovy vylicit. Myslim, ze my vsichni mame takove krasne vzpominky.🌲🐟💗 Pozdravy zHeidelbergu ❤️
I wouldn't say days, if you live in a city you can see people having still tied trees on their balcony during the first or second week of December...well, basically a week before Christmas 😂.
Yep. That's how it works. :)
I like Carp, i love fish food...i dont like řízek for christmas dinner
Každý rok se těším na smaženého kapra :) Polévka, kapr, řízek a klobáska a pak dárky a gauč :D Ale stromeček si teda zdobíme sami, to na Ježíškovi nenecháváme :D
I Vám krásné svátky a hodně zdraví :)
Bylo to pro nás malé děti úžasné překvapení, když zazvonil zvonek a na chodbě za dveřmi byl stromeček. Pak jsme byly již větší a zjistili jsme, že stromeček zdobí otec. No a pak jsme ho sami zdobily nebo jsme pomáhaly. Ale to největší kouzlo bylo, když ho "přinesl Ježíšek." Dnešní rodiče jsou již líné připravovat dětem překvapení, s kterým se pojí dost práce. (Tajit nazdobený strom někde ve vestibulu. My sami jsme to jako překvapení dělali jen do doby, kdy jsme před dětmi uhlídali jeden pokoj a nemuseli jsme jim složitě vysvětlovat, proč tam nesmějí chodit.) Jinak vše stejné.
Velice se mýlíte, Jen, já miluju kapra a rozhodně se těším na kapří štědrovečerní polévku i na smaženého kapra. A jsem si jist, že nejsem sám ;)
Určitě ne, ale asi budete menšina
To je humáč.
Ne, nejste sám i já se těším!
Taky! Smazeny kapr rules!
A co ty kosti?
We love Czech Republic and they culture. In Poland we have very simlar Christmas day like Czech, but for the diner ( about 5-7 pm ) we serve about 12 meals ( pierogies, carp, potato salad, barszcz, seed cake, greek fish, kutia, cheese cake, cabbage with mushrooms and in my family egs with mayo ). Imagine doing 12 difrent meals, all day in kitchen :D Merry Christmas.
Similarly in Czech countries the dinner on the 24. December - Štědrý večer was served as nine dishes comprised of the feast dishes of poor people. They were: Fish soup from carp’s heads and innards, pease-pudding, barley with dried mashrooms (kuba), sour dough sweet buns with sour cream and plum preserve, stewed dried plums, stewed dried pears, fried carp with potatoes or a potatoe salad, carp in a black sauce (černá ryba: old traditional dish with sweet and sour sauce, with dark bier, gingerbread, dried plums, dark syrup etc.), and apple strudel. Merry Christmas Everyone 🎄⛄️🎁
Yep, we dont do that anymore 😂 happy holidays
Rather i dont want to imagine. Do you prepare these meals a whole week ?
@@pjaro77 2 days before 🤣
Merry Christmas to you in Poland. BTW I love Poles too
My Němci máme také velmi rádi české pohádky. O Vánocích můžete v televizi vidět mnoho pohádek, zejména „Tři oříšky pro Popelku“. Vždy znovu krásná 😊😇😍 Vesele Vanoce🎄
Hezky,dekujeme! 😁👍☺️
Tak zrovna Tři oříšky pro Popelku je film, který jsme točili spolu. Pokud vím, tak nejmíň krále, královnu, macechu a Doru hráli němečtí herci.
@@Geker3 Doru hrala ceska herecka Dana Hlavacova, sestra o trochu znamejsi Jany Hlavacove. Zbytek ano, mate pravdu...
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Děkujeme, i Vám přejeme hezké a klidné svátky vánoční.
Celý rok se těším na kapra na štědrovečerní večeři !!!! :D A stromeček jsme vždycky zdobily se ségrou samy cca 10 dní před štědrým dnem :) Každopádně když může Santa nadělovat dárky během noci, proč by to nezmákl Ježíšek, to je pro něj přeci brnkačka ;)
Poznámka: vaše dárky obsahují maximálně 5% dětské práce :-)
Poor Jen trying to figure out what the hell is the "brnkačka" :) (American would say a piece of cake)
Christmas dinner - the main difference is that we (Czechs) have dinner on 24th Dec., which is the last day of fasting (4O days before xmas without meat - Christian tradition) and in history fish have not been considered meat.
And actually many Czech families have a tradition to have goose or duck for lunch on 25th or 26th, so the customs are not so different after all ;)
To be honest, lots of people like to eat fried carp during Christmas. It's because Christmas carp is specially raised to be eaten at that time. If you try to eat it any other time of the year, it tends to smell and taste extremely fishy. But for Christmas, the carp is taken out of the pond several weeks in advance and then put into clean water. Then, if you know how to choose the correct one, it tastes great.
Exactly
It depends where the carp is fished from. Cleaner the water, less muddy carp meat. Carps are "underwater pigs" which eat anything from algae to small fish, so pond owners would use cow manure to promote growth of algae and plants. Rivers are somewhat better, but some carps are kept in ponds/dams filled by mountain streams.
Of course, most carps come from the most muddiest waters.
@@PaulZyCZ My tady v Nemecku kupujeme pred vanoci cerstveho kapra z Ceske republiky! Mozna dokonce z Trebonska, nomohou nam rict. Jsou az 3 druhy, my name radi bez supin, ktery se jmenuje zrcadlovy. Cena je 7, 79 EUR/ kilo. Chutna vyborne s bramborovym salatem, mnam.
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Good note. Carp should be prepared this way any time of year.
Even years before it was farmed, carp was gotten out of rivers and not ponds. There were no carp in ponds
Mikuláš - St. Niklaus - Santa Claus. It's the same guy.
BTW, I've never heard of some of these traditions in my life. The thing is, many of these are highly regional, and few people are actually rigorous about them.
Don't like carp? You fry a nice cod instead. Or whatever.
Don't feel like decorating on Christmas Eve? Decorate early (we certainly do).
And of course the family decorates the tree - in many families, that's a beloved tradition on its own.
Jen, moc jste mě pobavila! 😆Ano, máte v těch našich tradicích a zvycích nějaké nepřesnosti, ale opravdu mě rozesmálo, jak nás máte "přečtené". Je vidět, že tu už nějaký ten rok žijete a začínáte mít i podobný smysl pro humor a nadsázku jako my. Přeji vám i Honzovi a pejskovi krásné a pohodové Vánoce! 🌲
Milá Jen, mám Vás moc ráda, ale vánočního kapra taky ...a moc , fakt se na něho těším !!! A věru nejsem sama !!! Krásné vánoce a v novém roce další vtipná i poučná videa 🤗
I love your videos. :D I do think, though, that Czech families "not" decorating their own Christmas tree is very rare. I know it happens, but all throughout my life I've only ever known one family who would leave it up to "Ježíšek". The majority of families decorate together with children. It used to be my favourite part of preparing for Christmas as a kid. :D And as for the tree..in our family, it was always left on the balcony for a couple of days before putting it into the living room on the 23rd and decorating it then. .)
Also, Merry Christmas! :D
In religious families, children knew from a young age that Jesus had grown up and what he is known for, and also that we people here continue his work and what we do, we do in his name. So "Ježíšek" is not magic, but rather metaphorical theology. The real Jesus loved such metaphors. We are to be like him and treat our fellowmen and poor as him.
My family can be the second one. My parents hid the tree on the balcony and then secretly placed it in the living room the night before the 24th and decorated it. On the "Štědrý den" we, the children, were not allowed to go to the living room not to disturb "Ježíšek". And finally, after the dinner, mom slipped away for a while, lit the tree and rang the bell. It was really magical for us back then.
Hi from Australia. May I ask please, who is actually decorating the tree while the children eat? I guess the parents? But are they not eating at the same time?
@@denisemoore6134 We always decorated it on the 23rd together, so the day before. Every family is a bit different, though. Even with families where the tree is decorated by "baby Jesus", I doubt that it's done during the dinner. Nobody can be missing during the meal. :D
More like before dinner a family member sneaks out and the kids simply aren't allowed to go to in the livingroom for a bit, as in not to disturb "baby Jesus" who's decorating. :D Even if the tree is already decorated the day before, there's still the issue of getting the presents under it in the evening without the kids seeing.
In our family, after dinner we would all go in the bathroom (of all places) to sing carols and after a couple, my dad would say he needs to go check on baby Jesus stealthily (and would put the presents under). I never thought it was weird as a kid. :D
I just thought baby Jesus would flee at the sight of children and that's why I wasn't allowed to go. And then, "baby Jesus" would ring a bell and we would all go into the living room. I wasn't suspicious. :D
@@denisemoore6134 In my family, my parents decorated the tree and put all the presents under it during the night and we were not allowed to go to the living room the whole day till the evening (to not disturb "Ježíšek"). The living room was a separate room in our flat, that could be locked. After the dinner my mother "went to the toilet" or something like that, quickly lit the lights on the tree and rang the bell. It was really like a magic for us.
A odkud se tedy vzalo zlaté prasátko? Za tuto vánoční legendu vděčíme taktéž Keltům. Podle ní se totiž každému, kdo se vydrží celý Štědrý den až do večeře postit, ukáže na stěně zlaté prasátko. Prase je odedávna symbolem bohatství a hojnosti. Každý, kdo měl ve chlévě nějakého toho pašíka, věděl, že je na zimu zabezpečený a hladem neumře. Odtud také pochází prasátko jako pokladnička. Vykrmené prasátko bylo v té době prostě určitým způsobem spoření a zabezpečení se. Keltové navíc uctívali kance jako posvátné zvíře, takže jeho zahlédnutí v tento významný den tomu přidalo ještě punc božskosti.
A postit se má právě od masa a nikoliv hladovět celý den a pak padnout do mdlob. 😀
myslim ze to zlkate prasiatko sa ukaze lebo clovek ma halucinacie z hladu
Nejspíše to zlaté prasátko... je halucinace z hladu😁
Cudzinec sa pýta Slováka (Čecha):
-Čo tradične jete na Vianoce?
/Rybu a šalát.
-To znie zdravo!
/Áno, znie.
-What do you traditionally eat at Christmas?
/Fish and salad.
-That sounds healthy!
/Yes, it sounds.
Jen na to jidlo kouknu a priberu dalsi kila 🍾
@@tomsule 😂😂😂
To je výborný 😁😁😁
Hello from Australia. Our Christmas meal is of the British tradition and is Roast Beef, roast potatoes, pumpkin, carrots, onions, topped with gravy made from the roast juices. Dessert is plum pudding with cream and/or icecream. Also I put in red and green jelly. 😀🦘🦘🎁
@@denisemoore6134 sorry man, too healthy 😉
S tím kaprem jste mě tedy pěkně naštvala. Obalovaného kapra s bramborovým salátem miluju a spolu se mnou tak polovina Čechů. Opravdu to není o tom, že bychom si schválně dávali něco, co nám nechutná, zvláště, když je to o dost dražší než třeba ten řízek.
Eeee. Neznám nikoho, komu by chutnal kapr. Nikoho. Věřím, že existujete. Ale není vás mnoho. Jíme ho kvůloi tradici. Kousek. A pak řízek.
@@annalupinkova7644 Byly doby, kdy jsme se o něj u nás prali a kupovali se dva, jeden nestačil.
@@annalupinkova7644 je to opravdu rodina od rodiny. Od te doby, co jsme jeli jako deti s bratrem na pohotovost kvuli kosti v krku, uz u nas jedla kapra jen mamka 😂 My uz dnes kapra nekupujem, ja ani zena ho nemusime, staci rybi prsty.
@@annalupinkova7644 Třeba já
Kapr je nejvíc. Nostalgické vzpomínky, kdy táta vypustil duši na kaprovy každý rok na zahradě a našlo se kapří oko až po vánocích.
We actually believe that Santa Claus is a new American version of Mikuláš (Saint Nicholas). It means we technically have both Santa nad Baby Jesus ☺ I love these traditions, they make the long December nights so exciting!
Put Mikuláš in Coca-Cola and Santa Claus is what U get...
Já Santovi říkám "Kokakolák"
Actually it isn't so new :-) It was brought to New York with Duch settlers as "Sint Niklaas" which was butchered by English (and other later settlers) to Santa Claus
Santa Claus isn't a new version of St. Nicolaus. It's just a new image and name shift: Saint = Santa, Claus is shortened name of Nicolaus. They are exactly the same and only difference is getting rid of the Catholic Christianity thing (as Evangelic Americans often do), moving a bishop into lands of neutral north-pole "elves" for some reason.
( @Toru Valejo )
@@Fyrgon I recognize the tendency to associate new things with Americans. However, the look, the outfit and even the North Pole domicile of Santa (Jultomte in Scandinavia) all have existed in the Scandinavian version of Christmas symbols well before they became globally popular thru American movies and commercial means. If Swedish immigrants like Nordstrom (a nation-wide US department store chain) introduced these Scandinavian traditions to Americans via their commercial influence, this can hardly be described as "getting rid of Catholic Christianity by Evangelical Americans."
Děkuji! :D This is exactly what I needed. I've been wondering the whole time about the Czech christmas traditions :) I just love how close you bring your viewers to the Czech spirit.
Madam, Vaše videa jsou vždy super hlína 😁 Díky za ně 💖 Přeji Vám krásné Vánoce (a nezapomeňte si dát šupinu pod talíř, ať jste příští rok prachatá :)
nojo, sice na pověry nevěřím, ale co kdyby, žejo 😅
@@sarkatesarova4621 😁👍👍👍
Na kapra se salátem se těším doslova celý rok a nic v mém "vánočním žebříčku" není výše 😂 děláme 2, jednoho klasicky smaženého, druhého pečeného (cibule kmín, koření). Saláty dříve také 2 druhy, kromě klasického bramborový "na kyselo" který se právě hodil k tomu pečenému kaprovi. Takže k té otázce, Ano sakra chutná a prodal bych za štědrovečerní večeři ledvinu 😂😂😂 Krásné svátky přeji!!! 🎄🎄🎄
Actually, both American Christmas movies you've mentioned air in the Czech Republic every year as well. This year, they'll both be on TV on Christmas Eve. Home Alone (Sám doma) airs on Prima channel at 8:15 PM and Love Actually (Láska nebeská) airs on Nova channel at 9:50 PM.
While Saint Nicholas was Greek, he lived in Myra in the southwest of modern-day Turkey. Santa Claus is also based on Saint Nicholas so he doesn't bring gifts to Czech children on Christmas Eve because he was already here almost 3 week earlier.
Exactly! ❤
Love Actually is British.
Přeji radostné Vánoce a šťastný nový rok 2023 tobě i celé tvé rodině.
I would say that most families in Valachia eat mushroom soup (made of mushrooms colected during the year) instead of fish soup. Also quite a lot of families decorate christmas tree on the 24th morning (until than the tree is in te garage/balcony/hallway), dinner is eaten in the same room as the tree is (without gifts), than children and one of the adults go outside after opening a windov (for the baby jesus to get to the room), outside they have fin with
sparklers and after they hear a bell sound they run back to the house to found gifts under a tree.
As you said it is a tradition that the gifts are opened only after everyone has finished their dinner and my mom told me that her grandpa loved to tease her by always being the last one still eating at the table and when he was finishing, although he was already full to the point of almost bursting, he always said that he'll probably get another piece of carp as he was watching my mom who couldn't wait for the presents. 😂
Myslím že takový děda/táta je v každé rodině 😁
I don't know about others, but I love Christmas carp...
Your Ř is perfect, Jen. Just like your other video. I wish you a wonderful Christmess hollydays ;-)
In my 30 years in Moravia, I have never met anyone who didn't love fried carp. Maybe Bohemia is a little different. Carp reminds me of catfish back in Texas. Back in the old South, we used to eat blackeyed peas on New Year's Day for good luck. Here in Moravia, we eat lentils on New Year's Day.
Mňam, já se na smaženého kapra už moc těším. Mamka dělá výborného. Jemné maso mnohem lepší než nějaký řízek nebo smradlavý losos. 😃
Tak určitě:o)
Odkdy je proboha losos smradlavý? Kort v porovnání s kaprem :)
Jasně ta chuť rybničního bahna je k nezaplacení a kosti kterých má kapr snad nejvíc ze všech ryb jsou taky pěkný bonus. Neznám hnusnější a nechutnější rybu. Jen bohužel zřejmě netuší, že cpaní se rybou je dáno tradicí katolické církve a jejích postů, které zřejmě protestanti neznají. To je důvod rybích orgií na vánoce a zavedlo se to už za Karla IV a později obnovilo. Já sám kapra nejím vůbec, je chuťově nevalný a díky kostem nepříjemný. Na vánoce patří "kuba" což je také postní jídlo a když rybu tak asi candáta, nebo sivena, j když loni jsem měl tuňáka. A letos si krom kuby udělám telecí řízek po milánsku, tedy v parmazánu :-) nejsem katolík, takže mohu jíst co mne napadne
Ale o to přece nejde. I kapr se dá připravit chutně a i losos se dá zmršit. Ano, kapr má jak kulturní, tak historickou tradici a jsem rád, že se udržuje. Mě ALE zarazilo porovnání kapra se "smradlavým" lososem. Jak kdybych psal: mám rád na caprese ten luxusní slunecnicovej olej, né to "šméčko" oliváč... Asi tolik logiky :)
@@badaxebadaxe2248 pokud Vám kapr smrděl po bahně,je to chyba prodejce. Pokud je kapr správně vysádkovaný, je zbaven tohoto zápachu. Správně vyčištěného kapra poznáte na spodních ploutvích ,které získají oranžové zbarvení.
Vždycky jsme si stromeček zdobili sami během dne 24.12.. Museli jsme stromek připravit pro Ježíška, aby náš stromeček našel. U stromečku jsme mu nechali nakreslené Vánoční obrázky.
Co se týče zdobení stromečku, tak jsou i v rámci Česka velké rozdíly tradic. My jsme vždy zdobily už na první advent, na Štědrý den se pak rozsvítí.
Teda, to slyším prvně, že by vánoční stromeček strojil Ježíšek, to je přeci pohodová rodinná záležitost.🙂
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České Vánoce jsou nejlepší! Dárečky nám nosí sám Ježíšek (má otce Boha - ten bude asi mocnější než nějaký dědula ze severního pólu). Zkoušel to tu Děda mráz - neuspěl a Santa Klaus má taky smůlu. Moje děti ví, kdo je Santa, Klaus v kterých zemích dárky nosí - je však pomalý a doručí je až druhý den! :) My máme Ježíška a máme ho moc rádi. Mimo jiné, není jedno z nejoblíbenějších jídel v Americe Sushi? Já jen, že ty ryby použité na výrobu Sushi, taky předtím, než byly snězeny, neměli masáž, nekoukli se na hezký film, neposlechly si pro uklidnění klasickou hudbu a pak si hlavu odřízli dobrovolně sami. Kapr je skvělý, jen má moc drobných kostí a musí se jíst opatrně. A kapří polévka je také moc dobrá. A bramborový salát? Neznám nikoho, kdo by ho neměl rád... opravdu ne. A sranda je, že má spoustu podob - dle každé rodiny, která si ho doma vyrobí. Nikdy nenajdete v českých domácností stejný! Každopádně přeji všem v novém roce to nejlepší a hlavně buďte zdraví a šťastní!
Milá Jen, mám velmi ráda tvá videa. České vánoční tradice jste vystihla celkem dobře, nějaké nepřesnosti ovšem ale jsou. Ti češi, co nemají rádi kapra si ho nekupují a jí právě řízek (i když nechápu, kapr je výborný). Co se týče zdobení stromečku od Ježíška, tak tuto tradici má každá rodina a kraj v čechách poněkud jiný. Stejně tak večeři. A celkově, proč je kapr tak tradiční? Štědrý den je předvečer narození pána Ježíše, tudíž ještě je i večeře má být postní - kapr, jakožto ryba byla vždy jídlem chudých a je brána jako postní jídlo, nejen v Evropě a to již od Ježíšových dob (stejně tak brambory a nakládaná zelenina, která je vždy součástí bramborového salátu, i když každý má vlastní recept :) ). Právě proto bych řekla, že tady máme tuto tradici. Přes to, že to má být "postní" večeře se dle mého všichni dozajista příjemně nacpeme a pak jdeme rozbalovat dárky od Ježíška. On je ovšem ten největší dar a to i přesto, že jsme velmi ateistická země.
Just a little trip to the history: The carp is a traditional dish connected with Christmas and Jesus Christ himself, since he fed 4000 people with 2 fish, and the carp was the most common fish in Czech republic. Truth is, historically since 1648 fish were the privilege of the nobility, because the nobility owned the ponds. Fish came back to the table after WWII.
No way, A fish ate Celts in their Meán Geimridh and Old Slavic guys ate roast pig in their Kračun.
Historicaly favored fish in Bohemia was salmon...
"The carp was the most common fish in Czech republic" - Czechia was not a republic in the times when the tradition arised. :-)
Carps were raised in ponds od South Bohemia since Jakub Krčín z Jelčan built them on Rožmberks’ holdings in Třeboň around 1600. They are raised there since that time till today. It is documented pauper people in South Bohemia begged their establishment not to be fed carp more than five days a week!
It is not true.
Carp returned to the Christmas Eve menu as early as the 19th century. It is true that carp was a more expensive meal back then. Carp boomed after the First World War and the collapse of Austria-Hungary, when it was necessary to replace the lost sales on foreign markets with domestic demand. Back then, carp was eaten with a sweet plum sauce.
After World War II, carp began to be eaten with potato salad and fried.
1) Many Czechs decorate their Christmas tree sooner than on 24th. It's not a rule or some kind of obligation to decorate it on the evening of 24th. And at our home, we decorate it on the same day we put it into the living room. And in some families kids decorate it too, it's not necessarilly up to Ježíšek.
2) Some people actually like carp, but you don't have to eat it if you don't want to. And yes, many Czechs have řízek instead of carp. Řízek + a lot of potato salad? Yum!! :)
3) For me as a kid, it was just so exciting to wait in the kitchen to see the Christmas gifts and then to go to the living room after my dad rang a bell and I saw our decorated Christmas tree in all its glory with the shining lights on, Christmas presents in front of it and fairytales on TV. Just magical.
4) My mum used to put a symbolic paper fish scale into her wallet for good luck, but I don't know anyone personally who does the carving or throw a shoe nowadays.
5) Pelíšky is not usually the first or main thing I watch during Christmas. It's a popular movie, but for me it's mainly the beautiful and funny fairytales I'm always excited about. Princezna se zlatou hvězdou, S čerty nejsou žerty, Tři oříšky pro Popelku, Jak se budí princezny, Šíleně smutná princezna, Byl jednou jeden král,...etc
Plus Sám doma (Home Alone) and Láska nebeská (Love Actually) too :)
I remember when I was very little (like 5 years old I think) I incorrectly assumed that Ježíšek was the same as Ježeček (baby hedgehog - Ježek) and in my mind I thought that a giant yet cute hedgehog will sneak into our house with the gifts pinned to his back on the needles and deliver them :D
Else spot on video. I know there are exist some people who like carp, they are as rare as unicorns but supposedly so they come out of their hiding during Christmas, yet I have yet to find one them. No one I know or no one any of my family or friends know throughout the ages dating back at least to 1918s, likes carp or fish soup.
My grandfather from my father's side insisted on having a fried carp for dinner but he would eat a few pieces because it was a tradition and he demanded to follow that tradition but then joined with the rest of the family to eat řizky and the fried vídeňská klobása.
Regarding the tree, I think there are only two kinds of people in Czech. Those that buy it earlier and decorate with family to have that beautiful centerpiece in their homes and those that buy it later and hide it either in a garage or a balcony then decorate it on the 24th and reveal it together with the presents. (In my family the tree would be decorated by either my mom or my grandad and locked in a bedroom to be then revealed with the gifts after the dinner when the bell rings).
I loved it but I understand the bit about the patience the kids have. It was very intense especially when you add to it the legend that whoever rises up from the christmas dinner table before the dinner is finished will die within a year :D
Prior to covid, Česká televize actually premiered three new fairy tale movies, each one at each the three Christmas days (Eve, 1st and 2nd). Covid just made it harder so they didn't do it the last two years and I'm not sure if they're gonna go back to the model because since they introduced this model, the quality of the stories went down.
One year they even made a fourth one, played in the Czech Sign Language and premiered on the second channel.
About the Christmas dinner, technically it could be any fish and it would still keep the tradition (since the meaning of it is that a fish was the original symbol of Christianity) and so many families switch to salmon or other type of fish.
Hey, fried carp is great! The problem is usually that someone doesn't know how to prepare it properly. But what, above all, I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy start to the new year.
Hello Jen, thank you for your funny take on the Czech Christmas. :) Regarding the carp, if you ever visit Třeboň in the South Bohemia in the future, you can try their local speciality "kapří hranolky"... which could be translated as carp fries or perhaps fried carp cutlets? You may warm up to the carp then. My mother, who has never cared for the carp on the Christmas Eve, actually enjoyed them as there was way less icky fishbones and fish fat. Anyway, I think that the way the carp is distributed is a callback to how things used to be in the past. I believe it used to be quite normal that customers would check out the animals, choose a particular one, and the seller would slaughter it for them. When I was a child, this process was quite educative for me, because it made me fully realize, where the meat on my plate actually comes from.
Ono se to může zdát paradoxní, ale štědrovečerní večeře je postní hostina.
Whaaat? Carp with potato salad is delicious! It's the best thing about Chrismas for me. I'm looking forward to it every year. :D
Well Jenn, traditions differ from family to family. In our family the tree was bought always during last week before christams Eve and we as a children took out the stand, electriclight-chain, christmas baubles and chocolate figurine collection and decorated the tree with it. When it was time on 24th Dec, sometime around 17:00, the bell rang and the magic happened - there were gifts under the tree. Well, sometime before that we weren't allowed to enter parents bedroom, guess why!
P.S. I like the carp with potato salad, just not the bones it has. And don't even speak about having it next few days also. Well, we were saved by the fried duck on 26th...
Fried duck on the 26th! That seems worth waiting for! I like the idea that you decorated with the whole family. That was my favorite time as a child. Have a lovely Christmas, Robin.
@@DreamPrague Thanks Jenn, you too.
@@DreamPrague Yes, its another christmas tradition. 24 carp, 25 the rests from 24, 26 duck.
Opět video které mě celkem rozesmálo.Přeji vám i Honzovi krásné vánoce a šťastný nový rok.🍀❤️👍
Hi Jen, there 2 types of Czech family Xmas trees... 1st get theirs in 24th, new and decorated by Ježíšek in the evening and the 2nd type (and I😂) get their tree on the first Advent Sunday and they decorate it together as a family. There is nothing like U said "naked sad tree" in the room for weeks 🤣😂
Nejen, že se těšíme na kapra, ale jíme ho i jindy než na Vánoce :D Je to fajn ryba, i když jsou samozřejmě jsou i lepší.
I forgot to thank you for the video , like your sense of humor , I am Czech living in US and it is nice to see how the Americans are experiencing the Czech culture … Veselé Vánoce … 🎄
Yeah I’m Czech. And every year for Christmas on the 24th of December, me & my family eat fish with potato salad & crab legs for dinner, then me & my brothers go into my room to wait for the presents, & lastly, when we hear a bell ringing, then that’s when my and my brothers know we can go and open our presents.
Jenn, this video is new traditional Czech Christmas comedy!
with the tree decorating: i would say it mostly depends household to household. for example we decorate it the morning of the 24th as a family bonding activity and the only thing "Ježíšek" adds is electric lights.
I LOVE CHRISTMAS CARP, ITS SO GOOD. there you go, now you know a czech person that likes it. :)
Foreign movies are also very popular here on Christmas though. Among others, Die Hard (translated as Smrtonosná past) is my favorite movie. And one of the most traditional movies is Russian tale Mrazík (Frosty) from 1965. And most people prefer to watch their favorite movie during Christmas, at least as long as it's broadcasted.
Hi, I'm from Slovakia and our table is full of great food, our family doesn't really like carp, so we have homemade trout, salmon or fillet. We eat fish because Christmas Eve is one of the biggest Christian holidays and it is fasting, meaning no meat is eaten. Not because fish is the best our culture has to offer. We have potato salad with the fish. We have cabbage soup before the fish and we start the dinner by eating a wafer with honey, as a symbol of the body of God as in the church. Many families also have other soups such as plum soup or fish soup. The table is full of cakes and fruit. For drinking, we have mulled wine or homemade schnapps with ginger and honey called "zavorovica". Before dinner, the father begins with a prayer and gives thanks for the food, health and the whole year. As for traditions, we can't get up from the table during dinner, we put money under the tablecloth so that it stays there for the next year, we used to put chains on the table to keep the family together. Everything that was produced or grown during the year should be on the table as a sign of thanks. After dinner, we also give food from the table to domestic animals, be it cattle or a dog, a cat, so that they too can be a part of it and partake of the year-round harvest.
As I mentioned, Christmas eve is a day of fasting, so ideally we shouldn't eat anything until dinner.
Each family and region has slightly different traditions, some more, some less, but it is probably the most beautiful year. 💗
Jen, where is your info from? The tree is not standing undecorated in the room. It is a part of the Advent evening surprise. Small kids believe Jezisek decorated it and put the presents under. The undecorated tree is kept in the yard, balcony, attic, whatever space you have for it. Lots of people have the artificial tree in the storage room. Room, where the decorated tree is to stand, is not accessible to kids on Dec.24: they know, Jezisek is coming and will set up the room to surprise them. When the kids get older, they decorate themselves, or with parents, as they don’t believe anymore, that it’s Jezisek, who brings the presents and decorates the tree...
In our home in Czechoslovakia, ourm parents decorated the Christmas tree the night of December 23rd, later we participated in decorating the tree on Christmas Eve Day, December 24th. It was always Jezisek who brought the gifts while we were washing up after the dinner. Later, it was a sport to sneek in the gifts unde the tree while nobody was watching. A couple of years ago, I was in CR before Christmas, and there was a "robotic" Santa on the town square, writing on a digital pad. A illtle girl with her grandmother stopped in front of Santa, and the little girl was pointing to Santa wirting. Grandma cleverly responded: Santa is a scribe for Jezisek to tell him what to bring to good chidren. That was precious!
We found carp in the U.S. but it was BIG and BAD. Now, we use red snapper. It's great fried with potatoe salad and green peas. For soup, we make Moravian sour kraut, dry mushroom, plums and sour cream soup, better done a day in advance. Recently, we were introduced to movies Andel Pane (Andel of Lord) I and II.
Jen, thank your for the heartwarning Vanocni video and Vesele Vanoce to all!
I do love carp! Truly, I am always looking forward to have it on Christmas! So here you have one Czech who does love carp 😂😂😂
Líbí se mi,že Ježíška nikdo neviděl. Můžete zapojit představivost. Všichni víme jak vypadá Santa. Skvělá videa, jen tak dál .
Funny thing, I always carried a fish scale in my wallet, though I never had any money! But! I LOVE our Christmas carp and potato salad. Perhaps it’s the festive dishes and overall atmosphere that makes it look fancy. Plus my mom is an amazing cook, that might help, lol
Walking out of your flat on the first day and seeing endless tubs of carp on the sidewalk is definitely one of the trippiest things you'll ever experience.
Ahoj, no opět jsem se bavil, tedy až na toho kapra - kapr mi velmi chutná a to nejen na vánoce, mám rád ryby obecně a tak si klidně nějakého kapra chytnu sám třeba v létě o prázdninách.
Je to asi 5let zpátky kdy jsem si zahrál na skutečného Ježíška, šel jsem po večeři na lodžii a nějaké dítě volalo z okna sousedního baráku "Děkuju ti Ježíšku" no a já se svým pověstným smyslem pro humor okamžitě takovým táhlým jakoby se vzdalujícím hlasem odpověděl "Nemááááš zacóóóó, hlavně buď hodnýýýýýýý" to ditě z toho bylo pěkně vyvalený, protože jsem hned slyšel "Mami, tati slyšeli jste to?" - tak jsem jim alespoň trochu upevnil tradice.
U nás se zdobí stromek až dvacátého čtvrtého a to tak, že se zvolí nějaké téma (každý rok jiné)- například slaměný a každý z rodiny si na stromek pověsí v průběhu dne nějakou oblíbenou ozdobu vyrobenou ze slámy a to se vždy doplní oblíbenými ozdobami těch, kteří už tu s námi nemohou být. No a tak nám na stromečku visí i korálkové ozdoby vyrobené cca v padesátých letech v USA, protože část naší rodiny odtud pochází.
Krásné prožití svátků, hodně štěstí a zdraví všem 🙂🎄 Tom
Edit: Tu luxusní čelenku - zajisté od Tifaniho jsem zaregistroval až cca v polovině videa - tedy zaregistroval jsem ji hned, ale v polovině mi teprve došlo z čeho je 😂 super 👍
většinou se kupují stromky těsně před vánoci, takže doma nestraší. Neznám nikoho, kdo by si nechával zdobit stromeček (možná tak firmy nebo starší lidé), to byl vždy úkol tatínka s dětmi ať má maminka klid na vaření. Kapr se jí na vánoce jako postní jídlo. Nemělo by se totiž na vánoce jíst maso (a ryba a jiné vodní potvory se nepovažují za zvířata). Na štědrý den by se nemělo jíst až do večeře vůbec- kvůli půstu a dětem se to vysvětlilo čekáním na zlaté prasátko.
Ježíšek se nemusí nikam vplížit jako zloděj, prostě udělá kouzlo ;-)
Krásné Vánoce
Naprosto přesně jste to vystihla! Velký dík!
Merry Christmas to you too Jen, Honza, and Tobik❤🐶🎄
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Hi Jen, I´m looking forward to fried carp - I loved It. One more Czech tradition before and during Christmas is to listen (and better to perform) Czech Christmast Mass Hey Master (Hej Mistře) by Jakub Jan Ryba. Nearest opportunity for You is to visit Sacred Heart Of Jesus Church at Jiřák the 25th of December at 15:00 - start. But is necessery to come earlier - church will be overcrouded.
As a Czech I have to say that Love actually and Home Alone are absolutely stables for Christmas.
Did you notice that one of the traditional christmas movies is Pretty Woman? I have no idea why, but I watch it every year :)
Díky za krásné shrnutí našich vánočních tradic, už dlouho jsem se tak nebavil, skvělé 😀🙃😉
Já mám kapra ráda. A jí se, protože je to postní jídlo :)
I actually can't wait for the carp. 🙂And the potato salad! But then again, I'm not 100% Czech, so... there's that.
Edit: Oh, and of course Czechs do believe in Santa. Mikuláš is the same guy.
4:54 I guess every family has it different, but in our family, the tree was put up and decorated on 24th in the morning, because Ježíšek would not want to give presents to us, if we had undecorated tree.
Osobně kapra miluju😀🎄
Mame rádi kapra, vůbec není bahnitý, smažený je vyborný. A podle tradice "Na Vánoce na stůl patří osmažené maso kapří." Šupinku si dáváme někam k penězům - dospělí do peněženky, děti do kasičky. Ježíšek je prostě "vánoční kouzlo". Dárky přičaruje, zatímco večeříme, pak se ozve kouzelný zvoneček a můžeme ke stromečku. Když jsou děti malé, objevuje se stromeček společně s dárky. Jak děti rostou a odhalují to, že dárky kupují dospělí, častěji zdobí stromek samy. Někdy 23.12. večer, někdy 24.12. dopoledne. To se často v rodinách liší. Někdo zdobí stromek už během prosince, ale to není tradiční. Rozhodně nestojí v obýváku neozdobený stromek. Buď je koupený a ukrytý na balkoně, ve sklepě nebo někde na zahradě, někdy je nazdoben hned po koupení. Ještě jeden "předpovídací zvyk" tu není. A to jsou "barborky". Na sv. Barboru (4.12.) si svobodná dívka dá do vázy větvičku z trešně. Když jí do Štědrého dne vykvete, vdá se.
Já mám rád kapra. Záleží na tom, kde se koupí a jak se připraví :)
Idk about the tree decorated by Jezisek🤔 that is probably really rare these days.
Anyways..Merry Christmas to you too, Jenn😁👋
I know this tradition but no one who truly does it, for parents it's easier to prepare the tree with kids than secretly and quickly alone. And most kids love the decorating.
So yeah, I think Czechia is losing this tradition nowadays.
Me too, I love the decorating with children!
Kapra stáhnu z kůže (to je to, co může páchnout a většině lidí vadit), porce pokapu citronem, nechám přes noc a na Štědrý den chutná moc dobře (na kosti se holt musí dát pozor).
Merry Christmas, Jen & John.
Tak první díl který jsem neviděl celý a vypnul po kaprovi z "bláta".Kapr je ryba a ryba je postní jídlo což ze štědrým dnem plně souzní.Mimo jiné máme na štědrý den i mnohem postnější jídla a to prosté jakéhokoliv masa.Stromečky se vždy zdobily ráno 24.12 aby to čekání na večer lépe utíkalo ale zavlečená kultura tento zvyk už téměř zničila.A dárky dětem nosí ježíšek tedy přesněji andělé podle jeho instrukcí a dokud děti věří na ježíška tak jsou to opravdové vánoce jak se dozvědí pravdu je duch vánoc z 80% pryč.Dosud praktikujeme při rozbalovaní dárků že nejmladší člen rodiny si vleze pod stromeček a začne podávat dárek ostatním a to jen jeden a obdarovaný si dárek ohmatá a tipne si co je to za dárek a asi od koho.Po rozbalení si dárek odzkouší nebo vyzkouší a odloží a teprve potom přijde na řadu další dárek pro dalšího člena rodiny. Takto vybalujeme i tři hodiny než je vše vybaleno.
přesně.. ale dokoukal jsem to. Ano, jak si se zapomnělo na to že ryba je postní jídlo. třeba jako byl i bobří ocas :D U nás se dávají i jiné řízky na stůl.
Jen nezapomenu na to jak jsem byl v mládí nabádán bych si s jídlem nehrál, no a pak mi daj na talíř kapra :D
Ale dovolil bych si nesouhlasit se zavlečenou kulturou. Ono to zdobení stromku není úplně původní. A ani "naše" Vánoce nejsou stejné jako byly před sto lety. A upřímně kolik tradic doma děláte? Já si jako malej pamatuju na skořápky se svíčkou v lavoru a nebo vaně, krájení jablka a jednou i lití olova, vlastně i lepení papírového řetězu ( pokud se to dá vzít jako tradice když to děláte pravidelně :) ).
Hlavně Vánoce jsou rodinou záležitostí a pokud se nepodaří předat tradici dál třeba i v modernější formě, není to chyba zavlečené kultury. Dovolil bych si říci, že je to spíše neschopnost předat dál tu tradici.
Perfektně jste to vystihl! Přesně tak jsem byl od dětství zvyklý na naši bohatou tradici.
Přeji vám manželovi a pejskovi krásné svátky, věřte, že když jsem byla malá tolik jsem věřila na Ježíška, že když jsme se ségrou šmírovaly klíčovou dírkou opravdu jsem viděla baculatého andelíčka jak zdobí stromeček a dává dárky pod stromeček. Když zavřu oči vidím ho dodnes ač už jsem trojnásobná babí.🙂😁
In Germany get the children the pesents also on Christmas eve. After church ad dinner the children see the christmastree the first time with lights. Under this are the presents. In Southern Germany brings the christchild the presents. The same traditions are in Austria.
Perfect video again !!! So, Jen....Merry Christmas! And best wishes for 2023.
My jsme hrdí na naše úžasná jídla, pohádky a tradice.Vy nemáte nic, vše jste převzali od jiných národů.přeji krásné a klidné Vánoce 🎄🎍
Stromeček naprosto explicitně zdobíme od malička sami a někdy to bylo hned první adventní neděli, aby nám dlouho přinášel radost, někdy to bylo poslední adventní neděli, často ale (a to slýchám od vícero rodin) až na Štědrý den a celkem jedno kdy, někdy dopoledne nebo odpoledne, podle času. :)
You've just earned yourself a new subscriber!! I've just discovered your channel and I'm outta words here. Keep up the good stuff Jen! 👏🏻
Well christmas eve is fasting day, so fasting meals are eaten, like fish and carp was abundant. Escargot was eaten in past as well.
Great points mentioned. Just a few points from me on this topic: baby Jesus also brings gifts to children in other central European countries including Austria (ChristKind). Jesus gave people fish to eat, so isnt it then appropriate to each fish in celebration of him....? I love that eating fish is a tradition for Christmas. Some people make salmon or candat. Oh, and I love fried carp with potatoe salad on Christmas eve. In the USA I used catfish to make rybi rizek. Did you know that in Scandinavia they also make fish soup (dont know if for Christmas) but oh, lohi-keito is so good. You can make any kind of soup you want, but since carp is pretty much the most common fish in Czechis thanks to rybniky (man made fish breeding lakes) the tradition is fish soup from carp - many ways to make it (I make a broth from a few pieces of fish and add root vegetables - so no head, just fish meat). Oh, and see any Netflix christmas movies lately - they seem like modern day fairy tales to me.
I love my Christmas carp, I am looking forward to it since the begining of december
Preji Vam krasne vanoce a dekuji za krasna videa. Jste mila a moje oblibena. Kapra milujeme.
Hezké Vánoce a ať se v Novém roce daří a vše podaří! 🙂
Jen, jak ráda tvá videa sleduji a vždy se velmi pobavím, tak tady poprvé jsem si řekla, že je to naprosto nepochopené, to není o logice, ale o tradicích přece. Všechny děti nevěří na Ježíška? Opravdu Češi koupí kapra, aby ho pak hodili do Vltavy, kord když bydlí v třeba v severních Čechách? Nikdo z Čechů nemá rád tradičního kapra? To jako fakt? Kdo ti toto vše napovídal? Samozřejmě, že ne každý má prostě rád kapra, ale co já znám, tak to bývá v rodinách tak půl na půl. Někdo ho zbožňuje a někdo ho až tak nemusí, ale na Vánoce si ho dá a někdo si dá něco jiného. Na tom nic není.
Ne, není to určitě nejlepší české jídlo, ani to být nemá, je to jen tradiční štědrovečerní české jídlo. Myslím, že o Vánocích rozhodně neplatí, že bysme si na něco pořád stěžovali (jinak ano, rádi:) A že jsme všichni vyrostli na krásných pohádkách a prostě máme je s Vánoci spojené? Ne, české děti neuplatňují logiku, co a jak Ježíšek stihne, je to pro ně zázračné a magické, asi jako ty Popelčiny oříšky. To se těžko vysvětluje, nemyslím to nijak ve zlém, jen jsem měla potřebu se k tomu vyjádřit, protože mi to fakt přišlo těžce nepochopené. Jinak všem krásné Vánoce :)
Exactly! Releasing the carp back to the lake is very rare and stupid because the carp will die immediately. I don't think anyone really does that. And most Czechs love carp! But it can't change the fact this is yet another great and funny video.
Carp is one of the best fish. I love it. It's better to buy a big one or part of big one because small one is tiny meat full of bones.
Merry Christmas, Jane, Honza and Tobík
I love the carp, fried or baked with apple
I like the carp and potato salad on the X-mas Eve ! Just have to be very careful about the bones. Tales about spending the night of X-mas at the emergency room are frequent! We eat the fish as Dec 24th is supposed to be a fasting day. Traditionally, people did put the best and symbolic food on the table for that dinner, but saved the meat for lunch on 25th and 26th. We have big roast lunch on the 25th (it is usually turkey or goose). I hope you do enjoy the Czech way of spending X-mas! If not, the shopping malls are working the U.S. way also in Prague :) But no Santas there, to sit on their lap....and you do not sit on Jezisek's lap...so hope you can do without! Merry Xmas to you dear Jen, Honza and Tobik! ✨🎄✨
Funny idea 🙄😂😂😂🙈👍, how an undecorated tree stands in our Czech households for weeks. No, it was bought a few days before Christmas, but it is hidden on the balcony or in the garage and will be erected, placed in the stand and decorated on 23.12.....or.....24.12.2022 morning
It's been a minute, but we always had goose or duck, with sauerkraut and dumplings on Christmas Day. Tried carp a few times in the states, but it never tasted the same as fresh from the tub, so mom made Turkey or chicken cutlets with potato salad on Christmas eve, and loads of cukrovi for the Christmas season. Mikulas IS St. Nicholas, ie.the real Catholic Saint whose feast day is 6th of December. Not sure how he got bastardised into Santa and associated with Christmas.
In The Netherlands we have Sinterklaas, a saint who comes from Spain with assistants on December 5th. He has a book with names and records who was sweet and who was naughty last year, who got a present and who should come to Spain in a sack.
In The Netherlands Sinterklaas is, together with Christmas, the major event in December. Sinterklaas, who the Dutch kids believe comes from Spain, in fact is a saint from Turkey.
Yes. Sinterklaas is the same person with saint Mikuláš.
Carp is the traditional choice as fish was not considered meat and thus was appropriate on lent. Carp in particular was a result of the demand by far outstripping our rivers ability to provide enough fresh fish and the sea fish being expensive this far in the mainland. Carp became a profitable industry with a lot of artifical lakes being documented all the way back to 11th century.
There is no bad meal. It all depends on preparation. The carp is eaten because you hold the "Nativity Fast". During that eating animals is not allowed. Only fishes. BTW Naturally baked carp is delicious.
In history the beavers were eaten. Beaver lives in water = fish. :D
Just note on the whole carp thing, it's because technically according to christian tradition you have to fast (the Nativity Fast) from mid-November till the 24th of December and while meat is not permitted, fish is. And carp being the most common fish, we get the tradition. Now nobody fasts before xmas, with the exception of kids on the day itself as they are told they will be able to see a golden pig in the sky if they wait to eat till dinner... fun stuff.
Czech Christmas celebrations are very similar to others countries.The difference between USA or UK is that they do starting their celebration 24th December similar like in Germany, Poland and others.(In the evening before it is believed Jesus was born) with eating a fish because of fasting. 24th Dec is still considered as lent.(means if fasting you not suppose to eat meat, therefore you cannot have on table the best you have, but this will still come later)
In fact the best food they eat, is served on 25, 26th Dec., so actually it is very similar to USA or in the UK.
In Czech or Slovakia is usually served goose, duck, pork, beef or turkey. Depends on family traditions and what they used to have available in their households, in past.The purpose is to create a rich table and share it with the extentended families.This again is very individual in each families. Mostly Christmas are shared then with parents, grandparents, siblings and cousins.
Made my Christmas morning 😂. Loved it!
Jen, the fish you buy in the supermarket is not printed on a 3D printer. Since time immemorial, people have been raising farm animals for meat and then slaughtering those animals for meat. The larger ones were slaughtered by the butcher (now at the slaughterhouse), the smaller ones were slaughtered by people at home, mainly poultry and rabbits. Carp is also a farm animal, fish are kept in ponds. And because people want carp fresh, they kill them and gut them at the point of sale. There's nothing wrong with that, people just forget that. Some would probably starve to death in a desolate place even if there were lots of animals running and swimming around. They would miss the supermarket there and its cooling box.
Krásné Vánoce, Jen! :) Enjoy the free and magical time, be Merry, and all the best. "Our" Christmas (IMHO) is a time of people talking to each other, friends and families meeting over a mulled wine, and may be some people are influenced by the fairytales and try to be "better". Yes, we love our "Pohádky" and we are good at shooting them (well less good these days) but still.