Christmas

Hi,

Today I have for you one Christmas card. Quite simple and easy. This time I will not describe my card but I will tell you something about our Christmas in Czech Republic (Europe). Because I know that you surely never heard about it.

The main day is 24.12. We do not have any fancy big lunch, just some easy lentil or bean soup and some mushrooms for the main dish – I cannot translate its name – Houbový Kuba – but it is baked – mushrooms and groats and bacon, really tradition food (honestly not my favorite). There is a funny tradition – if you want to see golden pig, you are not allowed to eat till 6pm any kind of meat. Golden pig is just small magic light, usually parents make it with candle and some gold Christmas decoration.

In my family we are decorating tree 24.12., not earlier. So during morning I decorate tree with my son Toby and hubby is helping me in kitchen (he loves to cook). During the day we are watching fairy tales on TV or going for walk to see neighbors and we are enjoying day. Main is to be with family, no rush, no work, just us.

Around 6pm is time for main dinner – absolutely traditional food is potato salad (baked potatoes, mayonnaise, onion, pickled vegetable – cucumber, carrot, root celery, pepper, salt, and I am using yogurt too – every family has their own recipe, some use also baked eggs and mustard etc. ) with fried fish – carp. And before it some families make fish soup (also from carp). We are than eating Christmas cookies. After dinner there is time for presents. We do not have any Santa Claus, we have magic person called Ježíšek (something like tiny Jesus) and he is secretly coming during dinner and bringing presents. Usually my hubby makes Ježíšek and I am trying to play with Toby. Children believe in Ježíšek quite long, till 8 years (when families are trying to make children believe, you know as by you with Santa, small children believe big not any more).

So we are opening presents 24.12. in the evening, 25.12. and 26.12. are holidays, we are going for visits, to see family, we are resting and of course eating too much :D.

And I would like to tell you something about very old traditions. For example we believe that when you have carps scale under plate during dinner and then in your purse, you will have enough money next year. People should not to leave dinner table during dinner, that brings bad luck. You should open 4 walnuts, each for one season (spring, summer, autumn, winter) when all are nice you will be healthy. And one funny tradition – young not married girls can throw a slipper over shoulder to the doors and when forepart of slipper is closer to the doors it means wedding next year. Other side no wedding.

So this is about our Christmas and back to card. It is very easy card with embossed background. As decoration I used pattypan.

I used sentiment from stamp set – Hollydays.