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Great Christmas Sayings |
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Christmas Sayingsand quotes are a wonderful way to remember the spirit of Christmas. There are many old traditional sayings and quotations made with relation to Christmas.
Many of them are superstitious. Some of the great Christmas sayings are:
"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."
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"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 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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