On the evening of 5th December you can meet St. Nicholas, angels and devils in the streets of Policka. Actually you can hear the bells of the angels and the chains of the devils long before you can see them. St. Nicholas wears bishop clothes and carries a cross in one hand and a book of sins in the other hand. The group enters some houses and flats. The devils frighten children and threaten to put the naughtiest children inside their big bags and take them away. St. Nicholas reads the sins of the children from the book and the children promise that the next year they will be good. Some children also sing a song or say a poem. Then the angels give the children some small presents, usually some fruit, walnuts and also some coal which is a symbol of the devil.
St. Nicholas, devils and angels walked around our school, too. The youngest students in special costumes sang Christmas carols and recited Christmas poems. They walked from class to class and read from “the book” some sins of the students and the students had to promise they would be nice. It was fun.. Our teachers were not excluded and during the main break the students entered the staffroom.
P.S. Notice the big bag over the hand of one of the devils.
Christmas in Svojanov Castle /the castle is the property of Policka/
Policka also organized a fabulous Christmas weekend in the castle of Svojanov. The castle belongs to the town Policka. The warden of the castle invited a group of fencers and they showed some parts of knightly fights. The Visitors were able to see an exhibition of naticity scenes , too. The guides put on period costumes and sang Christmas carols. In the dining room, there were tables prepared for Christmas dinner. 
Every year Policka has a Christmas tree in the middle of the square. But this year for the first time almost everybody was able to decorate it, because people were invited to make Christmas stars from different materials. You can see the Christmas tree in the square. It stands near the Town Hall, which you can see below.
Pavlina
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