NEW YEARS DAY IN CZECH REPUBLIC

FIREWORKS AND SENDING WISHES ON NEW YEAR EVE AT MIDNIGHTSTART FIREWORKS START IN EACH CITY AND VILLAGE IN OUR COUNTRY. PEOPLE START TO CELEBRATE AND THEY SEND WISHES (PF = POUR FÉLICITER) TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS. CZECH NOBLEMAN KAREL CHOTEK INVENTED THE WISHES IN 1827.

SUPERSTITIONS TAKE NEW CLOTHES AND ALL NEXT YEAR WILL BE NEW. WE BAKE A CHRISTMAS CAKE. IN CHRISTMAS CAKE THERE IS A PEA. AND THAT WHO FINDS THE PEA IN HIS PIECE, HE OR SHE IS A CHILD OF LUCK. WHEN WE HAVE A LOT OF MONEY THIS DAY, WE WILL HAVE MONEY ALL YEAR. A AUSPICE IS, WHEN A LITTLE CHILD OR A YOUNG GIRL COMES TO OUR HOME. IF AN OLD WOMAN COMES TO OUR HOME IT ISNT GOOD.

LUNCH ON NEW YEARS DAY WHEN WE EAT LENTILS, IT MEANS THAT WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF MONEY, THEREFORE WE USUALLY EAT A SOUP OF LENTILS. WE CANT EAT A POULTRY WITH WINGS, BECAUSE THE LUCK COULD FLY AWAY. WE SHOULD EAT A PORK SCHNITZEL (BECAUSE A SMALL PIG IS THE SYMBOL OF HAPPINESS).