# “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.”