Christmas Chocolate Collections – Decoration or Delicacy? (Vanocni Cokoladove Kolekce – Dekorace nebo Pochoutka?)
December 8, 2008Clanek v CESTINE dole (Kliknete na “Read the rest …”)
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It has already been a tradition for many years that every Czech and Slovak family buys a “Christmas Chocolate Collection” (CCC) or “Christmas Set,” with which they decorate their Christmas trees. It is a colorful pallet of figurines and other decorative ornaments made of chocolate. Some of them are hollow and others have a creamy filling (vanilla, nuts, caramel, milk, punch, and more). The sets can be either in milk, dark or white chocolate or a mix of all of them. Each candy is wrapped in a shiny paper with colorful details.
Many people don’t keep their CCC on their trees for a long time. They are so delicious that they become a target of adult or child “thieves.” Some of these thieves are so brilliant that they manage to remove the candy and keep the wrapping expanded looking like there is still something in there. They can also fill it with something else to give it the weight and form back. As you can imagine, Czech and Slovak Christmas can be about more than just giving and receiving. This is just a fun part of this wonderful holiday.
If you miss this delicious treat or other Czech and Slovak sweets, please visit our partner websites below. They offer more than just traditional Czech and Slovak food. They became our partners about two months ago and we did not have a chance to introduce them to you yet. We hope, however, that their links in our sidebar caught your eyes and you have visited their sites already.
JMimport - A company located in Toronto, Canada; serves as a list of products imported to Canada from the EU, especially from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The product list includes coffee, vitamins, cosmetics, chocolate products, candies, rice cakes, toys, baking/cooking products, condiments, newspapers, concert tickets, and more. Most of these products are available online, to buy directly, or for delivery in Toronto, GTA as well as for shipping to the rest of Canada and the USA.
Slovak-Czech Varieties - A company located in New York. The product list includes electronics, kitchen aids, body care, films, toys, foods, glass/porcelain, souvenirs, toys, calendars and more. You can buy their products directly online from their website.
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Je to jiz tradice po mnoho let, ze kazda ceska a slovenska rodina kupuje Vanocni Kolekce, s kterymi zdobi jejich vanocni stromky. Vanocni Kolekce jsou barevne palety figurek a jinych ozdobnych ornamentu vyrobenych z cokolady. Nektere z nich jsou dute a jine maji kremovou napln (vanilka, orechy, karamel, mleko, punch a dalsi). Jednotlive kolekce je mozne zakoupit s mlecnou, horkou nebo bilou cokoladou, a nebo jako kombinace vsech dohromady. Kazdy bonbon je zabalen do leskleho papiru s barevnymi ozdobami.
Mnoho lidi ale nemaji Vanocni Kolekce na jejich stomcich po dlouhou dobu. Jsou tak lahodne, ze se stanou tercemi dospelych a nebo detskych “zlodeju”. Nejkteri z nich jsou tak dokonali, ze se jim podari odstranit bonbon a obal si stale udrzi svuj tvar. Mohou je take vyplnit s necim jinym, aby prazdna ozdoba nablala svou hmotnost a tvar. Jak muzete videt, ceske a slovenske vanoce mohou byt o vice vecech, nez jen o obdarovavani druhych. Je to proste zabavna cast tohoto nadherneho svatku.
Pokud je vam smutno po teto lahodne dobrote a nebo jinych ceskych a slovenskych pochoutkach, prosime, navstivte stranky nasich partneru nize. Nabizeji vice nez jen tradicni ceska a slovenska jidla. Stali se nasimi partnery jiz pred dvema mesici, ale my jsme jeste nemeli sanci je vam predstavit. Doufame vsak, ze vas jejich odkazy v nasem pravem sloupci upoutaly, a ze jste jiz jejich stranky navstivili.
JMimport - společnost se sidlem v Torontu, Kanada, slouzi jako seznam vyrobku dovezenych z EU do Kanady, zejmena z Ceske republiky a Slovenska. Seznam vyrobku obsahuje: kava, vitaminy, kosmetika, cokoladove vyrobky, bonbony, ryzove oplatky, kolace, hracky, produkty pro peceni/vareni, koreni, noviny, koncertni vstupky, a dalsi. Vetsina techto vyrobku jsou k dispozici on-line, k primemu zakoupeni, nebo k dodani v Torontu, GTA, jakoz i pro dovoz do zbytku Kanady a USA.
Slovak-Czech Varieties - spolecnost se sidlem v New Yorku. Seznam vyrobku obsahuje: elektronika, kuchynske pomucky, pece o telo, filmy, hracky, potraviny, sklo/porcelan, suvenyry, hracky, kalendare a dalsi. Muzete si koupit jejich výrobky on-line primo z jejich webových stranek.












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Kolekce jsou bezvadny. Ja je kupuju kazdy rok u Polaku.
Ivanhoe | December 9, 2008 | 10:12 amKolekce jsou bezvadny. Ja je kupuju kazdy rok u Polaku. My letos nemame stromecek (kvuli pesanovi), ale kazdy prosincovy den si davame jednu cokoladku :o)
Tak to je skoda, ze nemate stromecek, ale chapu, Sam
CzechFolks | December 9, 2008 | 11:29 amTak to je skoda, ze nemate stromecek, ale chapu, Sam by ho asi oznackoval.
Tento rok mame sladkosti z domova, protoze nam rodina privezla. Uz se tesime na hody.