Czech holidays
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CZECH HOLIDAYS
NEW YEAR´S DAY
1st January
This day also marks the beginning of the independent Czech Republic.
The Czech Republic came into existence on January 1, 1993 after the separation of Czechoslovakia into two states – the Czech and Slovak Republics – on December 31, 1992.
Reality: It’s the day after the New Year celebration so most Czechs try to get over their hangover.
EATER SUNDAY AND EASTER MONDAY
Easter is always the first Sunday after the first spring full moon
Easter is the most important Christian holiday
Jesus was crucified on the cross on Good Friday and came back to life on Easter Sunday
On the morning of Easter Monday, boys and men whip girls and women on their bottoms with a willow stick to make sure they stay healthy for the rest of the year.
As a reward girls treat them with hand-painted eggs.
Reality: Kids get a lot of chocolate sweets and adult men are often treated with a shot of alcohol
LABOUR DAY
1st May
Labour day is celebrated to remember a strike by American workers in Chicago.
The strikers wanted an 8-hour working day.
Nowadays May 1 has become a day of love when lovers kiss under blooming cherry trees
LIBERATION DAY
8th May
This day celebrates the end of the Second World War (WWII) in Europe.
JAN HUS DAY
6th July
religious reformer Jan Hus was burned in Kostnice
ST. WENCESLAS DAY, THE DAY OF CZECH STATEHOOD
28th September
The day when the whole nation remembers the main patron saint of the Czech state. Wenceslas was one of the early Premyslid dukes of Bohemia.
He was murdered by his younger brother Boleslav I.
INDEPENDENT CZECHOSLOVAK STATE DAY
28th October
On this day the Czechoslovak state declared independence at the end of the First World War
VELVET REVOLUTION
17th November
In 1989 the Velvet Revolution started as a student demonstration against the communist regime.
This day of rememberance of the struggle and fight for freedom.
CHRISTMAS
24th December
In the morning a Christmas tree is decorated.
In the evening the family have a diner.
After dinner children await the ringing of the bell: it means that little baby Jesus has come to visit them and left presents under the Christmas tree.