December 15, 2016
| Jeff Fritz
| All Posts, Culture & Art, Insider's Tips, News & Events, Practical Information
If you like hot spiced wine along with your chestnuts roasting on an open fire, come visit Prague during the Christmas season. It may not be covered in a beautiful layer of pristine white snow, but it’s still considered to be one of Europe’s most scenic and magical holiday destinations with its decorated streets and
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December 6, 2016
| Zdenek Strnadel
| Culture & Art, History & Present, Learn more about Czechs
The festival of st. Nicholas is recognized across European cultures and it has greatly afflicted how Santa Claus acts in American culture now. How does it work in the heart of Europe? Well, it´s a picturesque scheme. The festival is traditionally atributed to 6th of December in western christian tradition. In the eastern orthodox calendar
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December 24, 2014
| Klara Hajkova
| Culture & Art, History & Present, Insider's Tips, Learn more about Czechs
It’s Christmas. It’s time to slow down, recharge batteries and spend some time with the closest ones and have fun over some Czech traditions and superstitions! Some of them are rather weird, mysterious or heartless, some were forgotten but a few one can still witness during Christmas time in a Czech home. Before the humanking
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