The well-known Roma musician Gejza Horváth can tell you at length how they celebrated Christmas. He was born in 1948 in Písečná in the Šumpersk region, but spent his childhood in the settlement of Kolinovce near the Slovak town of Krompachy. He comes from a musical family and was already playing with the biggest bands in Slovakia at the age of twelve. So he was definitely not bored at Christmas. In Gejza Horváth’s childhood, Roma would go around the village to play carols for the gádže

• V dětství Gejzy Horvátha chodili Romové hrát po vesnici gádžům koledy. In: Radiožurnal. Rozhlas. 24.12.2025. https://radiozurnal.rozhlas.cz/v-detstvi-gejzy-horvatha-chodili-romove-hrat-po-vesnici-gadzum-koledy-9585133?player=on