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Christmas Sayings
& Superstitions.
- "To have good health throughout the next
year, eat an apple on Christmas Eve."
- "Eat plum pudding on Christmas and avoid
losing a friend before next Christmas."
- "On Christmas Eve all animals can speak.
However, it is bad luck to test this superstition."
- "The child born on Christmas Day will have
a special fortune."
- "Wearing new shoes on Christmas Day will
bring bad luck."
- In Ireland it is believed the gates of Heaven
open at midnight on Christmas Eve. Those who die then go
straight to Heaven.
- If you refuse a mince pie at Christmas dinner,
you will have bad luck for the coming day.
- If you eat a raw egg before eating anything
else on Christmas morning, you will be able to carry heavy
weights.
- "Snow on Christmas means Easter will be
green."
- "Good luck will come to the home where a
fire is kept burning throughout the Christmas season.
- "Place shoes by side on Christmas Eve to
prevent a quarreling family."
- "A clear star-filled sky on Christmas Eve
will bring good crops in the summer."
- "A blowing wind on Christmas Day brings
good luck."
- In Greece, some people burn their old shoes
during the Christmas season to prevent misfortunes in the coming
year.
- In the Swedish countryside, from cock crow to
daybreak on Christmas morning the trolls (wicked elves) roam
about.
- In Devonshire, England, a girl raps at the
henhouse door on Christmas Eve. If a rooster crows, she will
marry within the year.
- You will have as many happy months in the
coming year, as the number of houses you eat mince pies in
during Christmastime.
- "Shout 'Christmas Gift' to the first
person knocking on your door on Christmas Day and expect to
receive a gift from the visitor.
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