1. Christmas in our country

2. Christmas in the Czech Republic
Christmas is considered the most important holiday for non-Christians who connect him to finish the year as spending time St. family. Christmas is celebrated on 24, 25 and 26 December, but preceded them in the Christian concept of a four- week period called Advent. All three days are an official national holiday.

3. Christmas Eve in Czech Republic
24th December is a tradition that the whole family meets at the gala dinner.
The actual dinner is traditionally consisted of fish soup, carp with potato salad and during its consumption, to comply with certain habits: that could be done to prepare the dish more for an unexpected visit, or put under your plate or coin scales. From christmas boards are usually only allowed to move away housekeeper. After dinner, it is customary to unwrap Christmas gifts to children in the Czech Republic brings Jesus.
Christmas Eve traditionally culminates in a midnight mass, which are sung carols and church will start the celebration of the birth of Christ.
Christmas Eve is associated with a number of folk traditions: Casting lead, letting walnut boats, shaking or throwing a shoe elder.

4. Christmas Cookies
Christmas cookies and baking is one of popular Christmas traditions, which is in a large part of Czech households observed.
Most of the Christmas candy is prepared from a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, butter, cocoa, chocolate and different kinds of nuts and candied fruit.
Typical are the shortbread cookies, which can be also flavored with grated coconut or cocoa. Typical smell is vanilla, cinnamon spice.

5. Recipe for Christmas Cookies
100 g margarine,
5 ounces of sugar,
150 g flour,
5 ounces walnuts nuts,
vanilla sugar.

6. We will prepare all the ingredients, let the dough rest in a cool place. Rolls bake slowly in the oven. While still hot, roll in sugar meal with vanilla sugar.

7. Result: