Christmas Quotes, Sayings and Superstitions

Quotes

"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."
Charles Dickens

"I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet the words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Longfellow

"He who has no Christmas in his heart will never find Christmas under a tree."
Sunshine Magazine

"Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year"
John Lennon and Yoko Ono (Christmas 1971)

"You might as well do your Christmas hinting early."
Anon.

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 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."

"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 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.

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."