There are many customs and accepts regarding the celebration of Christmas. Since ancient times, the meal on this day was non-alcoholic and did not presuppose a hot meal: it was done specifically so that the hostess would not leave the family table. It should be noted that the dishes were simple, lean. To our days have come a variety of Christmas signs that allow you to preserve the original spirit of the holiday.
Folk signs for Christmas
Signs at Christmas, when the Most Holy Theotokos the Lord sent a son, are considered very important, because they let you know how successful the whole next year will be.
- If the Christmas is clear weather - the peasants expect a good harvest.
- If on Christmas Eve the sky is clear, stellar - then there will be a large litter of cattle, and berries and mushrooms get ugly.
- If, on Christmas Day, a snowstorm has risen, it is to the delight of the farmers: there will be a lot of grain.
- Bees were also waiting for the bees: the bees would swarm well.
- If Christmas is very warm, waiting for the cold spring.
- If there were frosts before Christmas, and a thaw broke out, the harvest of vegetables would be scarce.
- Hoarfrost - to a rich grain harvest.
These people's signs allowed people to define very important for them ideas about the coming year. These days these interpretations are relevant because it is possible to judge the weather in the spring and summer.
Signs for Christmas: what can and can not be done?
Now let's look at some of the things Christmas is considered a bad omen. By rejecting them and having spent Christmas correctly, you attract luck for the whole year.
- It is forbidden to go out and do physical work on Christmas.
- On Christmas it is strictly forbidden to sew. It was believed that needlework is even able to call blindness on someone close!
- It is believed that Christmas should be spent with loved ones, without fuss, without alcohol, calmly and joyfully, as Christmas will be spent, and the whole year will pass. In Soviet times, this saying was perevokkali, substituting for Christmas New Year.
- It is believed that if you put on the table 12 lean dishes, then the whole year will be happy and rich.
- On this day it is strictly forbidden to discuss problems,
grumble and quarrel, so as not to call differences for the whole year. - Unlike the Epiphany week, it's forbidden to guess at Christmas .
- This day is considered favorable for shopping.
- It is believed that during dinner at Christmas you can not drink water. If you disobey, then you will want to drink when there is nowhere to take water.
- From Christmas to Epiphany sinful hunting is considered, and anyone who disobeys can seriously suffer.
To believe in signs or not is a private matter for everyone. Many follow the signs simply, just in case. Set yourself up for a positive and in your life only the best of the signs will come true!