Santa's Favorites
Sayings, Superstitions and Quotes
- "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 Chrismas 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.
- A three year old once gave this reaction to her Christmas dinner:
"I don't like the turkey, but I like the bread he ate."
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