Show I fj i f l I Superstitions Surround Q Powers Powers' o of Christmas There is a Scottish belief that to tobe tobe tobe be born on Christmas is to have th the power to see spirits and even tc command them Sir Walter Scott says that the Spaniards attributed the haggard and downcast looks of Philip II to the terrible visions he was able to see because he was born on Christmas French peasants believe that babies babies babies ba ba- bies born on Christmas have the gift of prophecy In Silesia a baby born on Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas will become either a lawyer ora or ora ora a thief In middle Europe it is said that if ifa ifa ifa a baby is born at sermon time Christmas eve someone in the house will die within the year English mothers used to take sick babies to the door Christmas eve mi midnight night Mary was expected to pass with the Christ Child If If the baby recovered it was a sign that it had been touched by Christ with healing fingers and if it died the Christ Child had called the baby tobe to tobe tobe be His playmate in heaven |