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How to properly throw out a Christmas tree so that the whole year is lucky, signs for the New Year 2019
If you believe the folk signs, this is a whole science.
When you have an artificial tree, there are no problems with it: they took off the toys, garlands, put them in a box – and goodbye, on the mezzanine, until next year, I’ll see you again. With a live Christmas tree more fuss. In the worst case, the needles will have to be swept out of the corners until the very May holidays. However, folk signs regulate both how to clean and when to clean the New Year’s beauty correctly. If we deviate from the rules, they promise unthinkable punishments on our heads. Believing these signs, whether or not, is a personal matter. We will tell you about them, just in case.
Russian folk signs say: you need to remove the tree, along with other attributes of the holiday, after the Old New Year, but before Epiphany. That is, until January 19. At the same time, remove the Christmas decorations, if you had any.
Feng Shui teaching does not coincide with our signs. According to Chinese wisdom, the New Year according to the Eastern calendar should be celebrated with a Christmas tree. And then you can safely throw it away. Chinese New Year – 2021 is already on February 12! Only then will the symbol of the year, the White Metal Bull, come into its own.
So what can you do? After all, not a single live tree will reach the middle of February! Unless it’s planted in a pot, of course. And experts do not advise keeping the tree in the house for so long: mold begins to grow on it, and this is not at all good for health, unlike the smell of pine needles.
But here, too, feng shui adherents found a way out. You can still remove the Christmas tree so that friends do not sneer: they say, can you just throw it away for May? And put a tall green plant in place of the tree. For example, ficus or yucca. Then the flow of energy in your home will not be disturbed.
Not through the window!
The easiest way to send a live Christmas tree to the street is from the balcony. Unless, of course, you live too high, there is a risk that the tree will be blown away by the wind to the neighboring yard. But in no case should this be done. According to signs, happiness will leave the house along with the tree if it flies out of the balcony or out the window. The best way to get rid of it is to take it out into the yard and stick it in the snow. Better yet, send it for recycling. In many menageries, such gifts like an outdated Christmas tree are very happy.
Charm for a whole year
In throwing out the tree, the main thing is to prepare for the process. First you need to cover the floor under the tree with newspapers, and then start removing the toys. This will make it easier to deal with the fallen needles. After the Christmas tree, you need to gently shake it so that the needles fly over the spread newspapers, wrap the bald branches in plastic wrap or put a large garbage bag on the tree. We wrap it up and carry it to the street.
And the signs recommend keeping the spruce twig. This is problematic, of course, because it will inevitably fly around. But a handful of needles is quite possible. If you put them in a cloth bag and put them in a secluded place, it will be an excellent amulet for the whole year. By the way, there are many other areas of application for pine needles: from a decoction for a bath to a hand-made pillow.
A toy can also be a talisman. But not any, but the last one that you removed from the tree. It is believed that it carries the most powerful positive charge. The toy can be hung over the front door and will ward off evil, envy and bad luck from your home all year round.
By the way, to strengthen family happiness, it is recommended to buy an artificial Christmas tree. Moreover, one that will serve you not a year, not five, but ten or fifteen. Every year your family happiness will only grow stronger. In addition, now is the time to buy a Christmas tree – prices for them fell down after the holidays.
If a toy falls from the tree and breaks, make a wish when you throw out the shards.
Taking the Christmas tree out of the house, say to yourself: “Down with bad luck, the Christmas tree to rest, well, I’ll go to my home.”
In the place where the tree stood, put a stool and sit on it for 10-15 minutes. All negative energy will slide off you! True, this magic lasts only a day from the moment the tree left your home.
If you decide to keep the Christmas tree at home until the Old New Year, do not miss the opportunity to make a wish: write it on a piece of paper and put it under the tree on the night from 13 to 14. And on January 14, exactly at noon, burn a piece of paper.
Interview
Do you have a live or artificial tree at home?
Always only alive. Or at least twigs
Artificial, I am for ecology
I don’t put anything at all