Christmas Eve in Bohemia
Christmas Eve in Doudlebsko
The sauce for the Christmas Eve fish held prunes; everyone set the stones aside and counted them after supper — an even number meant a wedding in the coming year. On Christmas Eve nobody went visiting or lent anything: witches were said to come borrowing that day precisely to do harm.
Try it at home
Serve something with prunes and count the stones — even means a wedding this year.
More Christmas Eves nearby
- Christmas Eve in the Highlands (Horácko)
- Christmas Eve around Hlinsko (Hlinecko)
- Christmas Eve in Chodsko
- Christmas Eve around Plzeň (Plzeňsko)
- Christmas Eve in the Šumava foothills (Pošumaví)
- Christmas Eve in Prácheňsko
- Christmas Eve in Blata
- Christmas Eve in Kozácko (Tábor area)
- Czech Christmas Eve, hour by hour