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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.

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 😊

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 ;)

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.

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.

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 :)

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 ;)

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🎄

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.

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.

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 ;)

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.

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!

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! 🌲

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.

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.

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.

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 🤗

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. 😂

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

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.

Přeji radostné Vánoce a šťastný nový rok 2023 tobě i celé tvé rodině.

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!!! 🎄🎄🎄

I don't know about others, but I love Christmas carp...

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

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.

Merry Christmas, Jen & John.

Opět video které mě celkem rozesmálo.Přeji vám i Honzovi krásné vánoce a šťastný nový rok.🍀❤️👍

Mňam, já se na smaženého kapra už moc těším. Mamka dělá výborného. Jemné maso mnohem lepší než nějaký řízek nebo smradlavý losos. 😃

Made my Christmas morning 😂. Loved it!

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 :)

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 :)

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.

Merry Christmas to you too Jen, Honza, and Tobik❤🐶🎄

Perfect video again !!! So, Jen....Merry Christmas! And best wishes for 2023.

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.

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! 👏🏻

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.

Beautiful Christmas and great new year 2023 :).

Great video.Wish you all nice christmas👍

Díky za krásné shrnutí našich vánočních tradic, už dlouho jsem se tak nebavil, skvělé 😀🙃😉

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!

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...

Jenn, přeji Vám třem hezké Vánoce :) A díky za hezké video :)

Ono se to může zdát paradoxní, ale štědrovečerní večeře je postní hostina.

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.

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.

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.

Jenn, this video is new traditional Czech Christmas comedy!

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. 💗

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!

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 :)

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.

Merry Xmas Jen & Honza ;-)

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 🤣😂

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.

Hezké Vánoce a ať se v Novém roce daří a vše podaří! 🙂

Merry Christmas, Jane, Honza and Tobík

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 😂😂😂

Great video, finally! Thank you.

Merry Christmas Jen, Honza, and Tobik.🙂

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

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.

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 … 🎄

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.

Krásné Vánoce a moc děkuji.

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.

Šťastné a veselé!

You're good. Funny heartwarming perspective from American living in Czechia. I wouldn't have said it better. Happy Christmas to you too. 🙂

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

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. :)

Osobně kapra miluju😀🎄

Did you notice that one of the traditional christmas movies is Pretty Woman? I have no idea why, but I watch it every year :)

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 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! ✨🎄✨

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 👍

Tentokrát jsem opravdu brečel smichy. 😂😂😂 Díky!

I love my Christmas carp, I am looking forward to it since the begining of december

As a Czech I have to say that Love actually and Home Alone are absolutely stables for Christmas.

Fantastický díl ... 👍

Já mám kapra ráda. A jí se, protože je to postní jídlo :)

😂😂😂 I had so much fun watching your video. Luckily in our family, we decorated the tree few days before Christmas together. And I always love it.

Jen, merry Christmas to you and Honza! Ivan (a Slovak living in Moravia)

Preji Vam krasne vanoce a dekuji za krasna videa. Jste mila a moje oblibena. Kapra milujeme.

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.

Skvělý scénář, pobavilo mě to.

Howdy! I'm a 79-year-old Texan who has been in Czechia since it was Czechoslovakia some 30 years ago. Firstly, I love carp but don't like to eat it because of all the tiny bones. Secondly, instead of referring to Czechs as agnostics or atheists, I rather place them in the same category as many of the US Founding Fathers (Benjamin Franklin, the first four US presidents, etc.) were -- Deists. Thomas Jefferson wrote his own bible, on sale at Amazon, - and gave a copy to each member of Congress. I find the beliefs of most Czechs to be very familiar with their beliefs.

Hura. Konecne nove video. Happy Xmas Jenn :D ated jdu googlit Dream Japan :D

I love the carp, fried or baked with apple

I actually love the carp and the whole family as well :)

Teda, to slyším prvně, že by vánoční stromeček strojil Ježíšek, to je přeci pohodová rodinná záležitost.🙂 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p7R9h8SLxJu0d6c.html&ab_channel=JanAnto%C5%A1

I do love Carp on Christmas.❤

There are so many Christmas traditions in the Czech Republic...I don't think that even Czechs know all of them. (I like to learn about them on the digital advent calendar that Ceska Televize releases every year.) Merry Christmas 🎄 and Happy New Year 🎆 Jen, Honza and Tobik.

Jenny,brečím smíchy,jste úžasná,díky! Btw-u nás kapra fakt milujeme 😁

Líbí se mi,že Ježíška nikdo neviděl. Můžete zapojit představivost. Všichni víme jak vypadá Santa. Skvělá videa, jen tak dál .

Já mám rád kapra. Záleží na tom, kde se koupí a jak se připraví :)

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, I know I wrote you the same thing already once but I write it again and again. I love you and your videos. Great sense of humour. I found myself in your explanation of czech traditional food. I don't like carp. I think, you can make video reviews about our most favourite fairytales we watch in Christmas time - Tři oříšky pro Popelku and S čerty nejsou žerty. And I don't know if you know some Christmas video presentation of Czech army it has a connection with tradition about Ježíšek. In Czechia we have some very nice and funny commercials or video presentation of our army, police or firefighters that they are also people like us and they know also how to have fun. Merry Christmas Jen, I wish you, Honza and Tobik the health, love and luck just not only now and next year but always and every day.