To have good health throughout
the next year, eat an apple on Christmas
Eve.
On
Christmas Eve all animals can speak. However, it
is bad luck to test this superstition.
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.
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.
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."
I look forward to Christmas
with family and friends! My daughter
is returning home from college in New York where
she's experienced 43 inches of snow in the last
two weeks! I get a kick out of her stories of
sledding down hills on the lunch trays "borrowed"
from the dining hall.
Shari and Cliff
Underwood!
Animals sing "Deck The
Halls"
