What you should not do on Christmas Eve: list of prohibitions

Christians celebrate Christmas on December 25 every year. On Christmas Eve, or the Holy Dinner, which falls on December 24, it is customary to cook 12 meatless dishes and visit godparents before the family dinner.

Christmas Eve is a special time full of traditions and beliefs. Our ancestors believed in various superstitions and prohibitions associated with this holiday. OBOZ.UA tells you what you should not do on Christmas Eve.

What not to do on Christmas Eve

It is believed that on this day you need to rest and spend time with your family. It is better to postpone any household chores for later. Therefore, you should clean the house in advance. You can prepare dishes for the festive table in the morning.

In the old days, there was a belief that one should not sit down to dinner in old and dirty clothes on Christmas Eve.

Christmas Eve should be a calm and peaceful time. Superstitious people believe that quarrels and negative emotions can attract trouble for the whole next year. In general, it is worth putting aside all misunderstandings and spending the holiday in harmony and mutual understanding.

There is an interesting belief that if you leave the house on Christmas Eve, you will have to travel a lot throughout the next year.

December 24 is the last day of fasting, so only lean dishes should be on the table. It is believed that leftovers should be given to animals or birds.

Candles lit during dinner have a special power. People say that their light has a healing effect.

When preparing for the holiday and choosing a menu, you shouldn't skimp and save money. It is believed that this way you can spend the whole next year in poverty.

Christmas Eve superstitions

The weather on Christmas Eve has long been used to predict what the next year will be like.

If there were many stars in the sky and the day was sunny, legumes would yield abundantly, and chickens would lay well throughout the next year.

A moonlit night means that there will be a rich harvest of melons and gourds.

If the trees are covered with frost, nuts will bear well, and autumn will be warm and late.

Warm weather on Christmas Eve indicates a cold spring and a long winter.

And if it snows on Christmas Eve, the year will be happy and successful.

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