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Since 2016, stores over 200 square meters must remain closed on New Year's Day, Easter Monday, Liberation Day (8 May), Statehood Day (28 September), Independent Czechoslovak State Day (28 October) and both Christmas Days (25 and 26 December). They must also close at noon on 24 December because this day most Czechs celebrate Christmas.
Observance of Christmas in various locations around the world. The observance of Christmas around the world varies by country. The day of Christmas, and in some cases the day before and the day after, are recognized by many national governments and cultures worldwide, including in areas where Christianity is a minority religion which are usually found in Africa and Asia.
The end of World War II in Europe; initially celebrated one day later 5 July (863) Saints Cyril and Methodius Day: Sviatok svätého Cyrila a Metoda: Slavic missionaries Cyril (Constantine) and Metod came to Great Moravia (see also Glagolitic alphabet) 29 August (1944) Slovak National Uprising Anniversary
This tradition is also popular in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, ... One of the oldest recorded uses of an evergreen tree to celebrate Christmas dates back to the year 1510 in Riga, ...
Christmas gift-bringers in Europe. This is a list of Christmas and winter gift-bringer figures from around the world. The history of mythical or folkloric gift-bringing figures who appear in winter, often at or around the Christmas period, is complex, and in many countries the gift-bringer – and the gift-bringer's date of arrival – has changed over time as native customs have been ...
All Eastern Orthodox agree that Dec. 25 is the date of Christmas, or the Feast of the Nativity, as they call it. The question is whether Dec. 25 falls on Dec. 25 or Jan. 7. That requires a little ...
A festive ski trip to the Alps guarantees a white Christmas, celebrated in a charming Alpine village with plenty of decoration, lively street shows and dozens of pistes to explore. Les Deux Alpes ...
Public holidays in Czechoslovakia (1 P) This page was last edited on 1 March 2019, at 16:49 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike ...