Mistletoe is never brought into the house before New Year’s day as it could be unlucky.
Hibbyn as hollin (ivy and holly) were kept up on the walls until Shrove Tuesday and then used for frying the pancakes.
If you keep up Christmas decorations after the Twelfth Night it’s bad luck all the year.
If everyone stirs the Christmas pudding, it will bring good luck.
A portion of the yule-cake must be kept for Christmas Day, otherwise the succeeding year will be unlucky.
Evergreens are symbolic of enduring and renewed life, which is why we decorate our homes with them at Christmastime.
By tradition, Christmas decorations should not be erected prior to Christmas Eve, lest this visible proof of anticipation of a festival anger capricious forces.
