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Christmas holiday has been and remains one of the most beloved by many people. It so happened that in Russia these days they celebrated "Svyatki". No matter how hard the church representatives tried to eradicate the pagan faith and its symbols from Orthodoxy, they failed to do this to the end. Therefore, the Christian holiday was and is taking place along with the Christmas festivities and is associated with them with signs, traditions and superstitions. Many signs for Christmas have survived to this day.

Weather notes

The Church believes that every folk sign is a superstition, nevertheless they remain part of our life and our folklore. Here are some of them.

  • If a blizzard howls at Christmas, there will be plenty of honey. Another belief says that trees will leaf out ahead of time.
  • If the holidays are frosty, the summer will be warm.
  • Warm weather at Christmas to cool spring.
  • Water on the Christmas holiday was charged with magical energy, she could wash herself and wash her children.
  • Not very tasty and not very lush Christmas kutia to poor he alth and wane.
  • Snow on Christmas night means a good year.
  • Starry clear sky for harvestlegumes.
  • The first Christmas week was not allowed to sweep rubbish out of the hut, and after the festivities, it is necessary to collect it and burn it in the yard. It was believed that everything bad flies away with the smoke.

What was forbidden at Christmas?

  • In baptized Russia it was strictly forbidden to guess at Christmas, it belonged to the pagan faith and was considered a great sin. But paganism remained in the lives of new Christians, for example in traditions such as divination and caroling.
  • You can’t put plain water on the festive table after the night service, otherwise you will be thirsty when there is no water.
  • We must not forget the dead these days. It was believed that they are always present at the festivities. Covering, put the dishes and them.

Despite being locked up, young girls always used to tell fortunes on Holy Days after Christmas, calling on the souls of departed relatives. It was believed that at this time the souls were always there.

Fortune-telling beliefs:
  • Dying out candles in the process of divination meant the unwillingness of the spirits to make contact, divination should have been stopped.
  • The mirror broken in the process meant the discontent of the spirits, they should definitely be appeased.
  • The first name a passerby heard predicted the name of her future husband.
  • It was forbidden to tell others about your wishes, otherwise they would not come true.
  • Fortune-telling had to take place in thin clothes, without belts, ribbons and other strings.
  • It was possible to guess in the house where someone was dying,especially during the year. It was believed that such a spirit was easier to summon.
  • It was not good to ask the same question twice, it can anger the souls of the dead.

Signs and superstitions when divining for a betrothed

The girls also checked what the groom would be like, the girls had quite a few such signs for Christmas. For example, roosters, personifying the masculine principle, were often used for these purposes. They put a mirror, a plate of grains, a plate of water, a chicken in front of the rooster. Whatever the rooster reaches for faster, such will be the character of the betrothed.

  • To the mirror means the groom will be handsome.
  • To the grain, will love to eat well.
  • To the water, which means it will be economical, even greedy.
  • To the chicken, which means he will always love his wife.

There were many signs for the Christmas holiday, mostly people were looking for answers to questions about he alth, luck, we alth and love.

Do you believe in folk omens?

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    In order for the owners of the house to be he althy next year, on Christmas they had to treat carolers, relatives and orphans well.

    • Luminous kutya for he alth and we alth, thin for losses.
    • To check whether the next year will bring he alth, they gave the chicken grains and water if it becomesto peck, to be he althy for everyone, and if at first he decides to drink water, this year there will be illnesses in the family.

    Christmas omens for good luck and we alth

    1. On Christmas days, be sure to be showered with millet or grain, it will bring good luck and we alth.
    2. In order for good luck to be found in the house, you should put festive food behind the stove and for the brownie.
    3. Bowls of grain for we alth were placed around the house.

    Christmas signs in each region, even in each village, could be different. This is due to the fact that any folk signs arise due to natural conditions, living conditions, as well as customs, customs and habits. Great importance was attached to Christmas and Christmas time, everything that happened these days could potentially become a sign. And if the case was repeated, it definitely asserted itself as such and took root for centuries.

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