My mother told me once that it was a mortal sin to sing Christmas carols if it wasn't Christmas. (I think she was just tired of listening to them.) Even though I loved Christmas carols I was deathly afraid to sing any before November 1 or after Christmas, or else I would go to hell when I died.
A childhood belief about hymns
others believed things like this
- I was told that for every christmas carol i sang before christmas time santa would give me one less present!— K
- When I was little, I used to think whenever it snowed, it would be Christmas.— TropicalSmoothie
- I used to believe that every religous Christmas card we recieved was sent to us by God.Anon
- "Christmas time
mistletoe and brine..."— Santa Puncher - Do you really mean to tell me that father Christmas is a myth?
Finally......— Peter (Aged 70) - On Christmas Eve all the animals are able to talk but only for that night!Anon