My Christmas Eve Tradition.

Isabella4

Here I am, in UK, and its 11 45pm. Christmas Eve.
I am about to do something I have done now since I was a little girl of about 4 or 5.

Tradition has it that the animals talk to us humans in the very magical 10-12 seconds between the first stroke of midnight and the last!! It is supposed to be a most unusual 'no time',neither 24th nor 25th of December, and in that time the animals can communicate with us.

Year after year I go wandering around my farmyard, listening to my cows and sheep, hoping they will say something in those few seconds....they never do !!!!!
I think if they could talk they would say 'get the hell out of here and let us have some peace, what do you think you are doing at this hour disturbing us '

The rest of the family always ask me on Christmas Day 'did they talk to you then!!!' They must think I am potty, as no-one else ever comes out with me, ah, well, one Christmas Eve they just might say something, you never know....its just one of those silly things I cannot miss doing.

Have a lovely Christmas. Isabella.

djd

Isbella,

Thanks for sharing this lovely tradition! I always feel like animals are communicating with one another and trying to communicate with us!

I watched "Eight Below" today - it's a movie about a team of sled dogs being left behind in a polar exploration and (mostly) finally rescued. It was such a gut-wrenching movie! The happy ending took way too long to happen, but the dogs in the movie are so amazing, I couldn't stop watching.

I know it's just a movie, but I strongly believe that our four-legged friends are a gift from God and are smarter than we'll ever know.

Now I'm going to watch the clock and see what Sybil wants to tell me tonight

Merry everything!

P.S. I am going to the UK in less than a month to teach a class for a week. I'll be there for a total of ten days and plan on spending a weekend in London! I'm so excited that I'll finally have a stamp on my dusty, unused passport!!

Sierra

a bit late but
blessings to you overseas

My Granddad was from England
and I miss him dearly
all my grandparents

take care of your animals
mine is here
fat as can be

S )

suzie14

Isabella, what an enchanting tradition.....I only wish I would have known about it before now.

I too believe animals try to communicate with us and we just haven't caught on to their dialect yet.

Hugs and Merry Christmas,
suzie