What you can and can not do in the Orthodox Christmas

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Christmas - a celebration of love, warmth, faith, goodness and happiness. On this day, the whole family gathers at the table, symbolically covered with 12 dishes that are prepared with special feeling thoughts of purity, goodness, wishes for happiness to his family - the biggest wealth that we worthy.

People say: "How to celebrate Christmas, and live for a year" to indicate what kind of mood should meet and see off this special day. Although the yard third millennium, some of the old traditions and signs of Christmas are precious to us today. Let us remember them, to the whole year, we and our family was comfortable.

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January 7th best to go to visit and take our dear guests. It is important that we must communicate better at Christmas only to those people who can bring good luck and Happiness to you, happy families, or those families who have expected the addition of either already appeared replenishment.

Of course, today you can go and visit, and do call on the phone or Skype, send a message to congratulation, the main thing - to make it clear to you dear people, that you remember them and wish them the best, light, warm. Be sure to congratulate all your friends and family this holiday, christmas greetings, filled with joy and warmth, help people to become lighter, happier and forget about everyday problems and concerns.

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In this holiday custom to bring gifts to the house: obligatory kutyu brought into the house, candy, sweets. It is not forbidden to give the hosts lovely pleasant surprises (any winter accessory or a nice detail of the interior, guardian).

At Christmas, decided to light more candles, lamps, fireplace - if any. Candles are attracted to your home warmth and richness.
One, a special candle to light it is necessary for the dead relatives - then they will help you in the coming year to bring luck and prosperity.

In the house live pets? In this holiday worth abundantly feed their pets - it is believed that if the whole year will be wholesome and very successful financially.

Christmas - the perfect time for shopping, with both large and small. Buy something nice for Christmas - a good omen and a sign that the purchase accurately serve you faithfully.

That Christmas should not do

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On Christmas to the Epiphany (January 19) are certain restrictions, which are explained on the outgoing back centuries as a holiday ideas to stop time, especially temporary pause, during which it is impossible to engage in labor, and all that is associated with the birth, beginnings, development.

The Christmas special is a ban on the matters related to sewing, knitting, weaving - that is, everything that is connected with a string or a rope, because the thread is the symbol of life and destiny.

On Christmas Day and can not be engaged in cleaning and other household chores: This special day was created for peace, joy and communion. Our ancestors believed that the best thing in the house is not clean until January 14 (the day of the old New Year). And all the garbage collected on January 14, should stand out and burn. Do you know why? The whole year is not disturbed by evil spirits.

The holy day can not be cursing. According to the beliefs, who on Christmas Day swearing, showing anger and impatience, that takes away from their ancestors' hope for salvation.

The Christmas has long adhered to another tradition: just wear new clothes. Do not clean, laundered, and it is a new, not yet worn. And do not sit down at the Christmas table in black, or will fail in business.

Not recommended for Christmas and wonder: it is best to do it in the so-called Christmas time - on January 8, before baptism, that's why this time of divination are called - the Christmas.

7 Seven Christmas goods

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The number seven is a sacred, sacred: it is believed that the one who made good in the seven Christmas will be happy to live all year round and even has the right to ask for the execution of the angels cherished desire. On this day, usually served seven alms for the sake of happiness in the coming year: aid can be attributed to the church, an orphanage in need of a hospital. You can just give native seven mineral nice gifts. In short, a wonderful day today to bring into the world a bit of good, but in my life - good luck and happiness.

Merry Christmas! Peace and goodness in your home!

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