Transcript Božićna tradicija u Hrvatskoj

CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS
IN CROATIA
First primary school Vrbovec
I. osnovna škola Vrbovec, VRBOVEC, Croatia
Saint Nicholas
•During Advent, we celebrate
Saint Nicholas Day on the
6th of December
• The night before St.
Nicholas’s day, the children
clean their boots and put
them in the windows before
going to sleep. In the
morning, when they wake
up, they are welcomed by
boots full of gifts
St. Nicholas comes
with Krampus (a
boogeyman-like
creature) which
scares naughty
children
• The
Krampus gives
birches to
naughty
children
On Christmas tree, every family went to cut down their own Christmas Tree
Fathers would bring the trees into the house
Midnight Mass
Exactly on midnight people go to the Midnight Mass
• On Christmas Eve we decorate the whole house
FOOD
People in Croatia
usually eat
cabbage rolls.
Carp (Šaran)
Many families eat carp
on Christmas
• On Christmas Eve people usually fast, which means they don’t eat meat
fish
shrimps with vegetables
octopus and potatoes
salmon
French
salad
octopus salad
bread
cake stump
gingerbread
peaches
cookies with jam
cake with poppy
cake with walnuts
Christmas morning
On Christmas morning, children look under the tree for presents which
were left by Santa Claus.
ZAGREB
(the capitol of Croatia)
DUBROVNIK
SPLIT
SAMOBOR
Sretan Božić i
sretna nova 2015. godina
We Wish You A Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year