Lucky Christmas Traditions From Around The World
The holiday season is here, and that means two things. First, you need to start shopping for family and friends. Next, it is time to recharge your luck for the following year.
There are many lucky Christmas traditions celebrated by people around the world, and many of these traditions are believed to bring good luck. Let’s look at some of these traditions and how you can incorporate them into the holiday.
Why We Love Luck and Holiday Traditions
Most everyone has some form of holiday tradition they enjoy. Whether it is making a Rellie Run or opening pressies on Christmas Eve, traditions remind us why we love the holiday season.
Traditions are typically tied to fond childhood memories that we love to relive. If you have your own family, you want to make those types of memories with your family.
The holidays are also a time for looking forward to the following year, and that is where the luck aspect of traditions comes in. We all want to have prosperity in the upcoming year, and lucky traditions can help to improve our odds of having a better new year. This infusion of luck could result in big wins for those who like to play at online casinos.
Even if they don’t improve our luck, traditional holiday celebrations are fun and enhance the enjoyment of our time with family and friends. That alone makes them worthwhile.
Lucky Christmas Traditions From Around the World
Aussies have their own holiday traditions, ranging from making Rellies Runs or going to the beach and getting pissed as a fart with family and friends. Let’s look at some of the lucky Chrissie traditions from around the world, from wholesome to downright violent.
Catalonia, Spain – One of the more unusual traditions is Tio de Nadal or the Christmas Log. A hollowed-out log is dressed up with a face and two legs and given a red Christmas hat.
Starting on December 8, the Day of the Immaculate Conception, the log is fed daily. The log is also well taken care of, including being covered with a blanket to keep it from getting chilly.
Finally, on Christmas Eve, the family enjoys the time-honoured tradition of putting the log into the fireplace and beating it with sticks and singing songs until it poops out pressies.
This tradition is great fun for everyone except the poor log.
United Kingdom – In the UK, there is a fun tradition where coins, tokens, or charms are stirred into the Christmas pudding. If you find one of these items in your pudding, you will have good luck throughout the years.
This tradition is celebrated in multiple ways. Some people stick with the traditional custom of mixing in a single coin. Others like to spread the luck around and include multiple coins.
Italy – Many homes celebrate the holiday season by burning a Yule log. This log is generally burnt from Christmas Eve through Boxing Day and is generally believed to bring good luck.
There are also a lot of superstitions in the tradition’s past. The Yule log’s ashes are said to have magical properties, helping to improve harvests and even improve one’s fertility. It does everything but give you the winning lotto numbers – unless you spread the ashes on a lotto ticket, and then who knows?
Eastern Europe – In some parts of Eastern Europe, the Oplaki tradition is celebrated. It involves breaking a Chrissie wafer, usually made from flour and water.
The tradition is usually enjoyed by a family where the family elder or head of the family will take a wafer and break off a piece while sharing a blessing. The blessing is usually what the person would like to see happen with his family throughout the years, typically wishing health and prosperity for everyone.
Even the family pets can take part in the ritual. After all, pets are family. The tradition symbolises family unity and is a lot less violent than beating innocent logs.
Germany – Germans apparently hedge their bets in the luck department. They like to add several different things to their Christmas trees. They will add various charms, four-leaf clovers, and fruits for good luck.
Also, finding a spider or a spider’s web on your tree is considered good luck. Additionally, some will cut branches from fruit and nut trees and place them in water. If they bloom by Christmas Eve, it is said to bring good luck.
Bringing These Traditions to Your Aussie Christmas
If you’re looking to mix things up this holiday season, you could incorporate some of the different traditions from other areas of the world. Let’s look at how to incorporate traditions from other countries into your holidays.
Of course, we don’t condone beating poor, defenceless logs. After all, logs deserve to have a Happy Christmas too, right?
Yummy Christmas Pudding – The Royal Mint has released a Christmas Pudding recipe that’s perfect for family and friends. You can include coins, charms, or anything you want to signify good luck.
New Decorations – If you’re looking for fun new ideas for your Chrissie tree, consider taking a page from Germany and adding different charms to the tree. Clovers, mushrooms, and even pickles are fun and unique items to place on your tree.
Take a Log to Dinner – Show the log community that you support it by not dressing it up in Christmas gear and beating it. Make it part of your Christmas dinner party. Or you can throw it on your fireplace and make its demise quick. It’s still better than beating it with a stick. (Looking at you still, Spain.)
Make a New Family Tradition – Sharing of the Oplaki would be a great new custom to incorporate into your holiday season. It brings a family together and is something that can be shared throughout the generations. Of course, you don’t have to use wafers. The point is to find some traditions your family will love.
A Fun Aussie Twist – Christmas “Good Luck” Tips
Want to improve your luck for the new year? Let’s look at some good luck tips you can try during the holiday.
Have a Pint With Mates – While most Christmas traditions focus on families, for many of us, our friends are family. Don’t forget your mates and go have a Chrissie tinnie or stubbie. Will it bring good luck for next year? Who knows. However, it will definitely strengthen the bonds of friendship, which is always a good bet.
Wearing Red (or Black) for Luck – If you play pokies or online casino games, you know that some games let you bet on red or black. So why not wear red or black for luck during the holidays. Mix it up. Alternate your colours to double your luck.
Eat More Chicken – Ok, we’re stealing this one from the Japanese. In Japan, many people like to eat at Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) on Christmas Day. You may want to try similar to improve your luck. It doesn’t have to be KFC, but any form of fried chicken will do. If you want to hear “Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner” more often next year, eat more chicken during Christmas.
Add Holiday Traditions to Beat Bad Luck But Not Logs
By now, you should have some ideas for traditions you’d like to add to your holidays. These traditions are a fun way to bring a little more joy to your holiday festivities and maybe improve your luck for the coming year.
Remember that adding these lucky traditions will not improve your luck or guarantee any form of wins at online casinos in Australia. However, they will make your holidays more memorable and fun.
If you find these tips helpful, or want to prevent Chrissie log abuse, please share this with your friends and family. It may lead to new holiday traditions and better luck for next year.
