- Good Merry Christmas Eve.
Merry Christmas.
- Merry Christmas everybody.
- [Stephen] Merry Christmas.
- From right around the world.
- Double present. - Double whammy.
- Oh wow, you guys can really see
how magical Prague is at Christmas.
(upbeat music)
Merry Christmas everybody.
Welcome to Prague.
This is a first, traveling on Christmas eve.
Traveling on Christmas Eve, nobody here at the airport.
- [Flight Attendant] On Czech, on behalf the crew
we would like to wish you a merry Christmas.
Thank you and goodbye.
- Merry Christmas.
Bye.
Okay, so we just got into our apartment
and this is where we'll be spending Christmas day,
here in Prague.
So it's Christmas Eve at the moment.
Give you guys a quick tour.
So we have one bedroom just in here,
this is where me and Jess are gonna stay.
Cleo, you could've come, there's a bed for you.
And then through is kinda like the living area
and our kitchen, and then this is Mom and Dad's place
and it looks like they have a fire as well.
No Christmas tree though,
but what we just found out
is that in the Czech Republic,
they actually celebrate Christmas Eve,
it's quite a big celebration.
So it's currently five pm, and we realized
all the stores by law closed at noon.
We have zero supplies for Christmas,
it's five pm, and we're just gonna go and hunt
and see what we can get to scrounge together
some sort of Christmas meal for tomorrow.
Or maybe we'll just go out for a restaurant
or something but.
- I think we found something.
- [Stephen] A bit like in a Christmas movie.
We've left Christmas dinner til five pm
on Christmas Eve.
- Hey, least this place, it does milk,
it does eggs, so we can have breakfast,
Christmas breakfast meal.
- [Stephen] Have you got my present?
- I got you a present.
Merry Christmas Eve.
So Christmas Eve cheers.
- Merry Christmas.
- [All] Merry Christmas.
- We're walking in the rain
and we found a pub so we decided, Christmas Eve,
we're having an Irish pub meal here in Prague.
Very cultural.
- [Stephen] All righty, time to wrap
some presents for tomorrow.
- This is funnest bit. - Oh yeah.
- Christmas Eve, wrapping a pressie,
and we're nice and full from our traditional pub meal.
(both laughing)
- [Stephen] As you have on Christmas Eve.
♪ Good tidings we bring to you and your kin ♪
- So I don't exactly have a Christmas tree
so this chair is the Christmas chair
and we're just setting up our little pressies
and then when you see us, it'll be Christmas morning.
♪ Acquaintance be forgot ♪
♪ And never brought to mind ♪
(phone rings)
- [Jessica] Hello.
- Hello.
- [Jessica] Hey Jake, put your camera on.
Okay, and now we have to wait for Eliza and Jake
to put their camera on.
There we go.
- [Stephen] What an epic phone call.
- [Jessica] Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas to you.
Dad.
No, the Brady Bunch. (laughs)
That's good.
One, two, three.
(all laughing)
- Wait, I need to do mine.
- Yay, Christmas day.
- Merry Christmas everybody.
- Merry Christmas. - From right around the world.
- Present time.
Sit.
- [Stephen] Sit around the fireplace.
- [Jessica] Sit down.
Yeah, we got a fireplace going,
we're in Europe for Christmas.
You're first, all right, here's one from us.
♪ Santa Claus is coming to town ♪
(upbeat music)
- I think this is lost and found pile.
(all laughing)
- Double present. - Double whammy.
(upbeat music)
- It's soft, so that means that I can wear it.
- My turn.
What one, you can give it to me Steve,
what do you think?
- [Stephen] This is from Mom and Dad.
- Okay.
- Thank you.
Oh, what is this.
- [Jessica] Oh, shake it, smell it.
- And, it's winter.
- Oh, did you get me something from the markets?
Oh, you got the, these are the stockings that I wanted.
Aww, that's so cute.
I love them.
- [Mom] Well they are cute, aren't they?
- These look like they could be used
as Christmas stockings above the chimney.
Don't you think they're actually big?
- Oh, very nice. - Yeah, no they are.
- [Stephen] They ae so cool.
- Yeah, and then we have the stockings
and then you get a littler one for the baby.
- Okay. - Oh my gosh, they're so,
no, I'm totally gonna use them as,
they're gonna be our yearly Christmas stockings.
- [Stephen] And they're from Talon.
- They are. - That is so cool,
I love them.
Can you guess what it is?
- Feels soft. - It's a beanie.
- You need to, what? - It's a beanie.
- What? - Spoilers.
- It's ah. - It's gloves.
- Double shaker, yay.
- [Jessica] Tell them where we're going next.
Put it on and then tell them where we're going next.
- We are going to
Canada. - Eskimo land.
- It's gonna be so good. - Yay.
- [Jessica] So then, that's his little Canada hat.
You have to go right
up to the camera. - I like that,
that's lovely. - And say,
this is my Canada hat.
- This is my Canada hat. - Thanks.
- It could be wool.
Oh. - Well, last one.
- Open, let's see. - Okay, let's see.
- [Stephen] What's this?
What's it say?
- It says, to Jess, Merry Christmas, love Bubby.
Love Bobby. - Oh, Bobby.
- Love Bobby. - Bubby.
- It's my moisturizer.
- It's what, oh nice, yes, I like.
- Okay, I shouldn't have a problem with this.
- He's just got a box at the moment.
- Oh, you got me a game.
How'd you know? (laughs)
Thanks guys. - Oh, that's all right.
- [Dad] Wonderful game that you wanted.
(laughs)
- To Bobby, happy Craig's List.
- Oh, this is so-- - You like it?
- I do, mm. - I'm glad you like it.
- [Mom] Oh, you totally spoiled me,
I'll definitely gives these to Cleo, she'll be so pleased.
- Okay, good. - I love this.
- [Stephen] Re-gifting our presents?
- Well.
(laughs)
We can if you don't wanna waste them, they're good.
- Look what Steve got me. - These are gorgeous.
- So whenever I now cook in the future.
- Oh yeah. - For Christmas,
it's an apron. - I even looked at those
and I was thinking.
- Really? - I did, I saw them
in the market.
- So Stephen got me a Christmas apron
for when I cook Christmas meals.
- [Stephen] This one found his Christmas presents in the bag
and decided to all ready open them.
- He sniffed it and he pinched it.
Maybe it's a scarf.
- [Jessica] I don't remember 'cause we got you a few things.
- Oh.
Ooh, ooh.
It is wool.
(phone rings)
(laughs)
- [All] Merry Christmas.
♪ Merry Christmas to you ♪
♪ Merry Christmas dear Cleo ♪
♪ Merry Christmas to you ♪
- Ho, ho, ho, ho.
- [Jessica] Hello.
- [Stephen] That was a good joke.
(distorted child's voice on phone)
(laughs)
- It's Grandpa.
- [Mom] It's tyrannosaurus Rex.
- Dad's Skyping his grandkids
and just realized that he can put face things on Facebook,
like Snapchat filters.
- [Jessica] He loves it.
- So, Christmas presents have been opened,
everyone is happy with their presents,
and now we're gonna go out and check out
the Christmas markets.
A lot of you are probably wondering
why we picked Prague to have Christmas.
This is one of the only cities in all of Europe
that still keeps Christmas markets open on Christmas day.
So, I don't know what we're expecting
but I've heard the crowds are gonna be insane
so we're just gonna go up
and see what we can see.
(upbeat music)
♪ It's Christmas time of year ♪
- [Mom] So beautiful.
♪ Our family's by the fire ♪
♪ Saddled up like bunnies in the storm ♪
- How cute is this? - Yeah, so cute.
We've now got all Christmased up
and we've come out onto the streets of Prague,
it's pretty busy but there are a bunch of Christmas markets
all over the city, and I've never been
to a Christmas market on Christmas day before,
so this is pretty special.
And it's cold on Christmas day
but the sun started shining here in Prague,
so we're very, very lucky.
Steve, there's a donkey.
Hi.
Oh my gosh, it's a Christmas donkey.
Hi.
Hi, oh, he licked me.
Oh, he wants to eat my gloves.
♪ Jingle bells are ringing ♪
♪ It's time to deck the halls ♪
♪ Carolers are singing ♪
♪ Here comes Santa Claus ♪
- [Stephen] I have this little, almost
over looking stage. - Oh, this is a nice
view of the market, Steve.
Look at this.
- [Stephen] Oh wow, you guys can really see
how magical Prague is at Christmas.
- Let you see all the views of the markets
and all the houses in the background.
♪ Merry Christmas ♪
♪ You answer prayers only angels could ♪
♪ And when we ♪
- Sun is slowly setting and it's just hitting us
and we're in Prague on Christmas day
at the Christmas markets.
- A dream Christmas I think.
- Also, all the lights are starting to come on
and this place looks way more magical
once the sun goes down.
Look at this little center piece they have.
Jess, the real question is,
when's that happening? - I know.
I think it's gonna happen now.
(Stephen laughing)
Okay, we have the goods.
We're used to calling them chimney cakes
but here they call them, did you see the word?
It's like (speaks in foreign language) or something.
(speaks in foreign language)
- [Stephen] We'll pop it up for you guys.
- But it's very, very popular to have here in Prague,
but they are serving everywhere,
it's hot, sort of like a hot dough,
and we've got Nutella inside it.
And I've seen people, look, they grab it like this,
and then you eat it like a donut.
Mm. - Perfect Christmas day snack.
- Mm-hmm, and it's still hot.
- [Stephen] Yeah, 'cause they were roasting it
on the open fire, which is what makes I look so nice
the way that they cook it.
So it's a but char grilled.
- You know I love donuts.
(crowd chattering)
- As I said earlier,
there is no shops open so we are having the night off
from cooking Christmas dinner.
- Which is so weird, 'cause I've cooked Christmas dinner
for so many years now.
- So this is definitely a different Christmas,
one we both have never had before.
- So we are on the hunt for a place
that is selling Christmas dinner.
But we need to get traditional for your parents.
- Yes. - We need the turkey,
we need the potatoes.
I'm sure we can find them. - And it's seven pm
and we haven't booked a table.
But you know what?
We're just gonna see what we can find.
We have our mulled wine.
- [Jessica] And they're deciding to cheers
with the candles.
Cheers. - Merry Christmas everybody.
- [Jessica] Christmas cheers.
Cheers Stevie. - Cheers Bobs.
- Oi, that was, there we go.
- [Stephen] So, Christmas dinner has just been served.
What have you got there's Dops?
- I've got turkey and roast potatoes,
carrots, chips. - No roast potatoes.
Oh, we have got roast potatoes.
- We do. - And Brussels sprouts
I think, yeah. - Yeah, one Brussels sprout.
- [Stephen] Make sure you eat Christmas dinner
before desert is served.
- Oh, okay.
- Is it boring that we're having salad?
And you should hide the pasta
so they think we're eating really healthy.
- This is what we're having. - We just got a salad.
- [Stephen] A Christmas meal is not complete
without a mince pie.
- [Everyone] Mince pie.
(gentle upbeat music)
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ La, da, da, da, da ♪
- Cheers Mom.
- Thank you for the hot chocolate.
Lovely, have you seen all the lights?
Aren't they absolutely beautiful?
- So beautiful.
- [Mom] Especially the Christmas tree.
- This time of day is the best time to come out.
- And did you see the animals?
- [Stephen] I did.
♪ From the candle that's sitting in the window sill ♪
♪ Snow is finally falling, children are all bundled up ♪
- Hey guys, happy second Christmas
as we found here in the Czech Republic,
they call it second Christmas.
- You've all ready had it.
- We've had one yes, what about second breakfast?
- We call it Boxing day on the 26th,
super interested in how you guys celebrate it.
In Australia it's the equivalent of our Black Friday sales,
so a lot of people head to the shops to go shopping.
But, seeing as it's our last day together
on this big European adventure,
thought I'd just go for a walk with Mom and Dad,
across the bridge, up into Prague Castle.
- Hi everybody.
- [Both] Hello.
- You can see how beautiful this city is
with the river just splitting it in half.
We're gonna go up to Prague Castle.
Just have a look over, having nice weather today,
you can see the old town over there
where the Christmas markets are.
It's just such a beautiful European city, Prague.
So you just come up to the Prague castle,
this whole area's from the ninth century.
It has held holy Roman empires,
it has held Presidents of Czechoslovakia,
the current President resides here
and it is so beautiful.
Definitely worth the hike up here.
What a beautiful last view of Europe.
Well, I hope you guys enjoyed that
and had a very Merry Christmas.
From everyone here, Merry Christmas.
- Merry Christmas everyone.
- (laughs) Love to know what you guys have got up to,
if you had an amazing day.
Next time you will see us,
we are actually heading to Canada
to spend New Years Eve with our good friends
of the Grin series
and then we're thinking of putting up
a little 2019 wrap up video that I've been working on
for the last month, so I hope you enjoy that.
Then we're gonna do a little Q&A,
so if you have any questions rounding up 2019,
make sure you leave them in the comments below
so we can answer them
and then we're gonna do an eight day road trip
through the beautiful state of Alberta.
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and we'll see you next time, bye.
- [Both] Bye.
- B-bye.