2017-2018 クリスマス＆年末年始情報
まずはチェコのクリスマスから知りましょう！
～CREA TRAVELLERウェブ記事「世界のクリスマス」2015年12月より～
「アドベント（待降節）から始まるプラハのクリスマス」
世界遺産の町プラハ、毎年アドベント（待降節）が始まると街はいよいよクリスマスまでのカウントダウンが始まります。歴史的な建物群で溢れかえる街中がクリスマスイルミネーションと共に美しいライトアップで化粧され、この時期プラハを訪れた人々を魅了します。
メインの見所は旧市街広場の巨大ツリー。2014年は自然に優しいエコランプを取り付けられたツリーが登場しました。
アドベント（待降節）が始まると、まずは旧市街広場の巨大ツリーの点灯式が行われます。今年2015年は11月28日が点灯式。毎年チェコ各地で切り倒された巨木をプラハまで運び、色とりどりにライトアップされます。点灯式には多くの人々が集まり、旧市街広場では点灯式のカウントダウンも行われますので、家族や友人、恋人と連れ添った多くの地元の人々が集います。
2014年の美しくライトアップされたクリスマスツリーとティーン教会のコンビネーション。旧市街広場でも最も美しいコンビネーションです。
旧市街広場には沢山のマーケットも出店されます。チェコ独自のクリスマスオーナメントの販売やボヘミアグラスなどのお土産を探せる屋台から、クリスマス定番のホットワインや焼き栗、ジャガイモの鉄板焼など。この時期はレストランに行かなくても手軽に屋台でクリスマスグルメを楽しむことができます。
2014年のジャガイモの鉄板焼の屋台にはなんと行列！ヨーロッパではジャガイモが大人気です。
大きな天使のイルミネーションも設置され、広場では賑やかなクリスマスコンサートも開催されるなどイベント盛りだくさんのアドベント（待降節）期間です。
2014年の天使のイルミネーションと聖ミクラーシュ教会のライトアップ。
1968年の「プラハの春」革命の舞台ともなったバーツラフ広場も美しくライトアップされます。
次は意外なチェコのクリスマスグルメ？
「プラハの聖夜には鯉を食べる？」
プラハでは聖夜（12月24日）に必ず食べる国民的クリスマスグルメがあります。それは日本の人々には想像もつかない、意外な魚「鯉」なのです。
聖夜（12月24日）に必ず食べる国民的クリスマスグルメはプラハの街中でたらい桶の中で販売される鯉。
聖夜の1週間前くらいから、プラハの街中では沢山の鯉販売所が設置されます。特に国内でも鯉の養殖で有名な南ボヘミア地方からの出稼ぎ販売所が多く、まだ生きている鯉が各所で販売されます。チェコでは有名な話ですが、生きたままの鯉を買う場合、数日間聖夜までは自宅のバスタブの中で鯉を生かしておくのだとか・・・
ちなみに鯉の調理方法はスープとフライ。フライには必ずポテトサラダを添えていただきます。小骨の多い鯉と格闘しても、温度の冷めないポテトサラダが付け合せにもってこいなのだとか。
聖夜の定番「鯉スープ」は栄養満点。
日本ではクリスマスのデザートとしてケーキが定番ですが、ここチェコではクリスマスケーキという存在はありません。その代わり家庭で沢山準備してクリスマス期間に食べるデザートは、チェコ語で「ツックロビー」と呼ばれるクリスマスクッキー。
「ツックロビー」と呼ばれるクリスマスクッキーはチェコのクリスマスになくてはならない存在。沢山準備して親戚や友人へのおもてなしにも使用されます。
色々な種類の沢山のクッキーをクリスマスの数週間前から準備し、大切な人と過ごすクリスマス、そして一年の締めくくりに備えます。歴史ある風景を大切にしながら、伝統を重んじるチェコのクリスマス、次の世代へ受け継ぐため現代の人々も毎年クリスマスの準備は怠りません。
<<著者：クレメントゆみ子（くれめんとゆみこ）
2005年からチェコ共和国プラハ在住のコーディネーター・フリーライター・現地ガイド。
日本からの各種メディアの取材・撮影コーディネートからWEBへの執筆、現地日本語ガイドまで幅広く活動する＞＞
＠チェスキークルムロフ
CHRISTMAS MARKET
| Dates | From - To |
| 01.12.2017 - 07.01.2018 (Mo-Su) |
A varied gastronomy offering, Christmas-themed products and traditional handicrafts.
Daily from 1. 12. 2017 till 7. 1. 2018
Monday - Thursday: 11am - 6pm
Friday - Saturday: 10am - 8pm
Sunday + holiday: 10am - 7pm
BABY JESUS´S POST OFFICE
Our traditional Baby Jesus´s Post Office is open to receive children’s letters to Baby Jesus.
The post box for letter will be available from 3 to 10 December on Svornosti Square atop the little bell tower by the Christmas tree.
The Baby Jesus´s Post Office will open on Sunday 10 December at 3 pm at Zlatý Anděl Hotel and the White Lady will pay a visit to our town at 4.30 pm to deliver the children´s letters to Baby Jesus.
HOW TO REACH BETHLEHEM?
You can view nativity scenes in Český Krumlov at the following locations:
► On Svornost Square – a straw-made nativity scene will be installed on the first Advent Sunday 3 December made by Věra Janáková of Vyšný
► Monastery courtyard – a new nativity scene will be revealed on Friday 8 December 2017 made by the professors and pupils of the Secondary Arts School of Holy Agnes of Boheuma
► Historical nativity scene at the St. Vitus Church will be on display from Christmas Day (25 December 2017) until Candlemas (2 February 2018).
► Living Bethlehem you can see on 23 December at the II. Castle Courtyard (at 4:30 and 6:30 pm)
ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS CONCERTS
► 8.12. - 7:30 pm - Jesuit Hall of Hotel Růže
JITŘENKA – advent concert of local folklore ensemble
► 8.12. - 7:30 pm - Vlašský dvůr, Dlouhá Street 32
VIOLIN RECITAL - LUKÁŠ KUTA
Program: J. S. Bach, Fritz Kreisler, N. Paganini, A. Vitali, E. Ysay
Entry 150 CZK, ticket sale at Infocentre Český Krumlov
► 10.12. - 6:30 pm - Egon Schiele Art Centre
TRADITIONAL ADVENT CONCERT OF THE KRUMLOV CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Entry 200 CZK, ticket sale at Egon Schiele Art Centre
► 12.12. - 7:30 pm - Town Theatre
CHRISTMAS CONCERT RADŮZA
Popular Czech Singer with the band
Entry 360 CZK, ticket sale at Infocentre Český Krumlov
► 13.12. - 7:30 pm - Synagogue, Za Soudem Street 282
DAN BÁRTA & ROBERT BALZAR
Entry 300 CZK, ticket sale at Infocentre Český Krumlov
► 14.12. - 7:30 pm - Vlašský dvůr, Dlouhá Street 32
PIANO RECITAL - FLORIAN NOAH
Entry 200 CZK, ticket sale at Infocentre Český Krumlov
► 15.12. - 7:00 pm - Castle Riding Hall
ADVENT CONCERT "SONGS FROM BETHLEHEM"
Entry 350 CZK, ticket sale at Infocentre Český Krumlov
► 15.12. - 7:30 pm - Synagoge, Za Soudem Str. 282
ROBERT KŘESŤAN & DRUHÁ TRÁVA
Entry 200 CZK, ticket sale at Infocentre Český Krumlov
► 16.12. - 7:00 pm - Monastery Church of the Divine Body and the Lady Mary
CHRISTMAS MASS BY JAKUB JAN RYBA “HEY MASTER!” concert – Český Krumlov string orchestra and guests
Entry 100 CZK, ticket sale at Monasteries Český Krumlov
► 17.12. - 6:30 pm - Monasteries Český Krumlov, Oratorio
ADVENT CONCERT OF BAROQUE MUSIC
Entry 100 CZK, ticket sale at the Monasteries Český Krumlov
► 25.12. - 5:00 pm - R-galerie, Dlouhá Street 30
KAPKA – traditional Christmas concert of local folk band
► 26.12. - 7:30 pm - St. Vitus´ Church
CHRISTMAS SPIRITUAL MUSIC CONCERT
Performing: Mixed singing choir Perchta and Krumlov Chamber Orchestra
Entry 150 CZK, ticket sale at Infocentre Český Krumlov
► 29.12. - 6:00 pm - Prokyš Hall, Prelature Český Krumlov
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Performing: vocal and instrumental ensemble CHAIRE and singing choir BELLARIA
Entry 140 CZK
ADVENT EXHIBITIONS
► FILM EXHIBITION – ANDĚL PÁNĚ 2 – AT THE MONASTERIES
(28. 10. 2017 – 31. 3. 2018)
This exhibition takes you behind the scenes of the preparation and film shooting of this popular Czech film fairy-tale. You can expect to see different set designs, original film costumes and their drawings, large-format photographs and authentic film props. Props from the tailors workshop and the sweet-smelling patisserie are also included. The exhibition is accessible as part of the Interactive Human Skills Exhibition.
► UNESCO THROUGH THE LENS OF LIBOR SVÁČEK
(1. 12. 2017 – 7. 1. 2018), Municipality of Český Krumlov, Kaplická str. 439
Large-format photograph exhibition by Libor Sváček on the 25th anniversary of listing Český Krumlov on the UNESCO World Heritage list and on the occasion of author´s jubilee.
A NEW YEAR´S CARD FROM THE SEIDELS
| Dates | From - To |
| 02.12.2017 - 03.12.2017 (Sa-Su) | |
| 09.12.2017 - 10.12.2017 (Sa-Su) |
An advent-themed photo session at the Museum Photo Studio Seidel.
Would you like to have a unique New Year’s greeting card? Come have your photo taken at the Museum Photo Studio Seidel. You can pose in front of a period snowy background with a pair of sleighs or skis. Within a week you will receive an e-mail with a black and white photograph in a Belle Époque-themed frame, suitable for printing and online sharing as a New Year’s greeting card.
Reservations required!
For more information: +420 736 503 871, info@seidel.cz, www.seidel.cz
Photo session with museum tour: regular entry fee + 100 CZK. Photo session without museum tour: 200 CZK
2. 12. - 1st ADVENT SUNDAY
► SVORNOSTI SQUARE (Main square)
3:30 pm - FESTIVE OPENING OF THE ADVENT MARKET
4:00 pm - TV ŠLÁGR – SINGING UNDER THE CHRISTMAS TREE
► ANGELIC ADVENT SATURDAY AT THE MONASTERIES
● 10 am - 6 pm ● CRAFTS ON THE MONASTERY COURTYARD
Many artisanal workshops will be open on the first Saturday in December as part of the Monastery events schedule. Come in and create a traditional artisanal product together with your children. Apart from creative activities, a number of items created by our Monastery artisans will be available for sale.
Fee (in Monastery tokens) applies.
● 10 am - 6 pm ● ANDĚL PÁNĚ 2 FILM EXHIBITION MARKET
A small market just like in the fairy-tale will be open at the Monastery courtyard as part of the film exhibition. Come taste the Monastery apple strudel, apple mulled wine and hot sausages.
● 11 am - 5 pm ● ANGELIC CREATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS AND ADULTS
Come to the Monasteries to create angel wings, halos, star tiaras or candle lanterns so you can take part in the Angel procession on 8 December! You can also make various Christmas presents.
Great Hall and Seminary rooms
3. 12. - 1st ADVENT SUNDAY
► SVORNOSTI SQUARE
4:30 pm - MUSIC- AND POETRY-FILLED ADVENT OPENING AND LIGHTING OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE
Performing: Medvíďata singing choir
► SEMINARY GARDEN IN FRONT OF RŮŽE HOTEL
5:30 pm - OPENING OF THE ADVENT WITH A LIVING LIGHT – AN ADVENT SPIRAL
5. 12. - ST. NICHOLAS PRESENT DISTRIBUTION
► 4:30 pm - SVORNOSTI SQUARE
Devilish games with an angelic assistance and the arrival of St. Nicholas
Performing: Rybníkáři band, Wild Devil Sticks, town citizens, members of Českokrumlovská scéna
8. 12. - ANGEL DAY
| Dates | From - To |
| 08.12.2017 (Fr) | 16:45 - 20:30 |
► 4:45 pm - ANGELIC PROCESSION THROUGH TOWN
A grand meeting and procession of the angels of Krumlov.
Procession route: Horni str. (17:00) - St. Vitus Church - Main square - Siroka str. - Dlouha str. (17:30) - Lazebnicky Bridge - Latran str. - Monasteries (17:45)
9. 12. - 2nd ADVENT SATURDAY
► SVORNOSTI SQUARE
Music programme in the afternoon:
2 pm - LAKOMÁ BARKA – local folk band
3 pm - House of Children and Youth Český Krumlov – presentation of groups and bands
3:30 pm - Music band “NÁDRŽ” (Elementary School Za Nádražím)
4 pm - Kolibříci (House of Children and Youth Český Krumlov)
4:30 pm - JITŘENKA – local folklore ensemble
5:30 pm - Music School Český Krumlov
6 pm - VOTKA - local music group
► ANGELIC ADVENT SATURDAY AT THE MONASTERIES
● 10 am - 6 pm ● CRAFTS ON THE MONASTERY COURTYARD
Many artisanal workshops will be open on the second Saturday in December as part of the Monastery events schedule. Come in and create a traditional artisanal product together with your children. Apart from creative activities, a number of items created by our Monastery artisans will be available for sale.
Fee (in Monastery tokens) applies.
● 10 am - 6 pm ● ANDĚL PÁNĚ 2 FILM EXHIBITION MARKET
A small market just like in the fairy-tale will be open at the Monastery courtyard as part of the film exhibition. Come taste the Monastery apple strudel, apple mulled wine and hot sausages.
10. 12. - 2nd ADVENT SUNDAY
► SVORNOSTI SQUARE
3 – 4:30 pm - BABY JESUS´S POST OFFICE AT GOLDEN ANGEL
4:30 pm - BABY JESUS´S POST AND ARRIVAL OF THE WHITE LADY
The post office is open to receive children’s letters to Baby Jesus and the White Lady will deliver them to Baby Jesus.
Performing: Lakomá Barka, Radek Interholz, town citizens, members of Českokrumlovská scéna
13. 12. - BOHEMIA SINGING CAROLS
► 5:45 pm - SVORNOSTI SQUARE
Come to sing carols together! At least three same carol songs will be sung simultaneously by thousands of people on Czech and Moravian squares.
Performing: Krumlov bagpipe band and town citizens
15. 12. - CHRISTMAS FOR DOGS
► 1 - 6 pm - Dog shelter, Kaplická Street 439, Český Krumlov
Please accept our invitation to a tour of our dog shelter with Christmas cookies and punch tasting. We thank our visitors in advance for presents to our four-legged guests in the form of food, treats or a financial contribution.
16. 12. - 3rd ADVENT SATURDAY
► 4:30 pm - SVORNOSTI SQUARE
BRINGING YOU SONGS
Musicians of Krumlov will bring musical gifts and as usual sing the "Silent Night" along with viewers of all nationalities in various languages
► ANGELIC ADVENT SATURDAY AT THE MONASTERIES
● 10 am - 6 pm ● CRAFTS ON THE MONASTERY COURTYARD
Many artisanal workshops will be open on the third Saturday in December as part of the Monastery events schedule. Come in and create a traditional artisanal product together with your children. Apart from creative activities, a number of items created by our Monastery artisans will be available for sale.
Fee (in Monastery tokens) applies.
● 10 am - 6 pm ● ANDĚL PÁNĚ 2 FILM EXHIBITION MARKET
A small market just like in the fairy-tale will be open at the Monastery courtyard as part of the film exhibition. Come taste the Monastery apple strudel, apple mulled wine and hot sausages.
Fee (in Monastery tokens) applies.
● 2 - 6 pm ● ANGELIC CREATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS AND ADULTS
Come to the Monasteries to make various Christmas presents.
Great Hall and Seminary rooms
Fee (in Monastery tokens) applies.
17. 12. - 3rd ADVENT SUNDAY
► 2 - 6 pm - PASSING ON THE LIGHT OF BETHLEHEM
Courtyard of the Regional Museum. In cooperation with the Český Krumlov youth scouts.
► 4:30 pm - SVORNOSTI SQUARE
JOINT SINGING BY THE CHRISTMAS TREE
Performing: children from local kindergartens and elementary schools and the Krumlov Pipers flute ensemble
23. 12. - 4th ADVENT SUNDAY
► 4:15 and 6:30 pm - II. CASTLE COURTYARD
LIVING BETHLEHEM
A live Biblical image with Christmas carol singing
Performing: local ensembles and town citizens
24. 12. - 4th ADVENT SUNDAY
► 10 am - II. CASTLE COURTYARD
CHRISTMAS FOR THE BEARS
Twenty seventh year of this unique local event.
Performing: Kapka
31. 12. - ST. SILVESTER
► SVORNOSTI SQUARE
New Year´s Eve concerts of local bands
10-11:15 pm - HRAJETO (schlager-reggae)
11:30 pm – 01:30 am - ELEMENT (Rock 'n' Roll)
Other New Year´s Eve events taking place in local restaurants are listed on www.ckrumlov.info/silvestr
6. 1. 2018 - THE THREE KINGS
► 16:30 - Main Square
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• ARRIVAL OF THE THREE KINGS
• THREE KINGS CASH COLLECTION OF THE CZECH CATHOLIC CHARITY
• CHRISTMAS TREE switch-off – a small gathering to conclude our Advent
ADVENT
Advent used to be the expectation time prior to the arrival of our Saviour to this world. The word "Advent" comes from the Latin "adventus", meaning arrival. The advent time was actually a preparation time for Christmas holiday and since 11th century this time has been set to the last 4 weeks before the Christmas Eve. It was a time of fasting, a time of spiritual reflection rather than of excessive eating and drinking. All entertainment, dancing and singing were banned. Some folk ceremonies, more or less transgressing this ban, took place nevertheless during the Advent period. Moreover, the liturgical year started on the first Advent Sunday since the Christians based their year count from the birth of Christ. The dark purple colour was a characteristic fasting colour right until the third Advent Sunday, being thereafter replaced by pink, a colour signifying joy. Each of the four Advent Sundays had a folk nickname - iron, bronze, silver and golden. Advent as we know it commences on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Eve and lasts between 22 and 28 days, falling on any appropriate Sunday between 27 November and 3 December. Several significant Saints days are celebrated during the Advent period, such as St. Andrew, St. Barbara, St. Nicholas or St. Lucia.
CHRISTMAS
In the Christian tradition, Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ and belongs to the most significant Christian feasts. Christmas Eve is not yet part of Christian Christmas. This day marks an end to Advent and also to the fasting period. The Christmas Eve dinner is therefore festive, although made of fasting dishes. The ensuing Midnight Mass is in fact a relict of a night mass which originally preceded all important Christian feasts. The Christmas feast begins by the Day of Our Lord's Birth on the 25 December. St. Stephen's Day is celebrated on 26 December. The Epiphany (also known as the Three Kings) is celebrated on 6 January. On this day, so the tradition goes, the wise men of the East have come to pay their respects to the Baby Jesus in Bethlehem, bringing him gifts. Later, the wise men were turned by the lore into kings and their number was set to three.
ST. NICHOLAS
The Bishop Nicholas was born on 5 December around the year 250 A.D. in the town of Patara to a religious and wealthy Christian family. Upon his parents' death, he has distributed the majority of his wealth to the poor and needy. In order to escape displays of their gratitude, he escaped on a pilgrimage to Palestine. St. Nicholas is the patron Saint of sailors, fishermen, protector of ferrymen and especially of children.
NEW YEAR'S EVE
The last day of December commemorates the Pope Silvestr I. This much-celebrated feast was originally not bound to any particular traditions. The New Year's Eve Night has gained importance during the 16th century when the Gregorian calendar became established in most Western Christian lands, placing the beginning of the new year on 1 January.
＠プラハ
| Christmas Markets at Old Town Sq. & Wenceslas Sq. 02 Dec-06 Jan: Daily 10:00-22:00. |
| Christmas Markets at Prague Castle. 24 Nov-08 Jan: Mon-Fri 9:00-21:00. Sat-Sun 9:00-22:00. Christmas Markets in Prague 2017 - 2018 The largest and most popular markets are on the Old Town Square and Wenceslas Square. • Old Town Square (Staroměstské náměstí) December 2, 2017 - January 6, 2018 10 a.m. - 10 p.m., food stands 10 a.m. - midnight The Old Town Square Christmas market is the prettiest and busiest one in Prague. Little stalls are nestled around the Jan Hus statue and surrounded by centuries old Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architecture. The market is dominated by a Christmas tree, which is adorned with hundreds of lights and is lit every evening at dusk, usually around 5 p.m. A stage is erected every year where Christmas concerts and short plays are performed in the open air. • Wenceslas Square (Václavské náměstí) December 2, 2017 - January 6, 2018 10 a.m. - 10 p.m., food stands 10 a.m. - midnight This is another large Christmas market in the city center. It is located in the lower part of Wenceslas Square and is usually dominated by an artificial Christmas tree. Lots of smaller markets are scattered around town. Below are some of them: • Republic Square (Náměstí Republiky) December 2 - December 30, 2017 A Christmas market within walking distance from the Old Town Square and near the Náměstí Republiky metro station (line B) and tram stop (tram 5, 8, 24, 26). • Peace Square (Náměstí Míru) November 20 - December 24, 2017 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. daily This is a local Christmas market visited mostly by the residents of the surrounding district of Vinohrady. It is held in front of the Church of St. Ludmila on the pleasant Náměstí Míru in Prague 2 (metro line A or tram 10, 16, 22 to Náměstí Míru). It is traditionally the first Christmas market of the season. • Holešovice Exhibition Grounds (Výstaviště Holešovice) December 1 - 3, 2017 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. daily The 'Christmas at the Exhibition Grounds' market in Prague 7 is usually accompanied by a weekend entertainment program for both children and adults. The price of admission is 25 CZK. Take tram 12, 17 or 24 (e.g. from the Nádraží Holešovice metro station, line C) to Výstaviště Holešovice. |
| Lighting of the Christmas Tree at Old Town Sq. 02 Dec: 17:30. |
| Mikulas Day at Old Town Sq. 05 Dec: 16:00-18:00. |
| Ice Rink at Ovocny trh (behind Estates Theatre), Old Town. 05 Dec-31 Jan: Daily 10:00-21:00. |
| Christmas Eve 24 Dec: 16:00 Christmas Mass for children at some churches. 16:30 Christmas Mass at Tyn Church. 21:00 Open-air Christmas Mass at Old Town Sq. 24:00 Midnight Mass at Strahov Monastery and other churches. |
| Christmas Planner 24-26 Dec: What's open over Christmas. |
| New Year's Eve 31 Dec: Celebrations & fireworks. |