For many Polish families, Christmas Eve wouldn't be complete without 'Christmas Carp' on the table. Traditionally, the carp would be brought home alive, then live in a family's bathtub for a few ...

It was a foggy weekend morning when fishermen in dark green waterproof gear lined the banks of this pond in the Czech Republic for a century-old tradition: catching carp for the Christmas markets.

A carp in the bathtub, camels pulling Santa's sleigh...Newsweek has put together a list of the most interesting Christmas traditions from around the world.

Serving carp may seem to many visitors a very Polish Christmas tradition. Indeed many Poles are unaware of its recent - and none too politically correct - vintage.

Carp clubbing kicks off Czech Christmas season. November 7, 2011 / 3:53 PM EST / AP ... Most are clubbed to death in festive street markets and served up on Christmas Eve.

For the second recipe, the carp is filleted, cut into pieces and cooked with potatoes, onions and fresh parsley, again for an hour at 180C. Both dishes are served hot on Christmas Eve with salads ...

Christmas carp instead of traditional Turkey. Another tradition that shows no signs of defeat is the Christmas carp. Rather than an Anglo-Saxon turkey, Czechs prefer this fresh-water fish, ...

Poles hold their main celebration on Christmas Eve, with carp the centrepiece of a 12-dish feast that is traditionally meat-free. Sign up here.

If you want to outdo Chuck Norris, the American tough-guy actor behind "Walker, Texas Ranger," that's easy -- just ask him to kill the carp for a traditional Christmas dinner.

Christmas carp instead of traditional Turkey. Another tradition that shows no signs of defeat is the Christmas carp. Rather than an Anglo-Saxon turkey, Czechs prefer this fresh-water fish, ...

WARSAW (Reuters) – For most Poles no Christmas would be complete without carp for dinner, but with prices rising, shoppers whose budgets are already stretched by surging inflation are having to ...