Is it bad luck to do laundry on New Year's Eve?

Answer 1

It is supposedly an old saying that says "Whatever one does on New Year's Day, that one will do it the entire year."

Another superstition goes like this: "If you wash your clothes on New Year's Day, you will be washing clothes of someone who has passed away before the year's end."

If you wash clothes on New Year's Day, you will wash someone out of your life.

Answer 2

no wash your clothes or you'll be dirty!

Only if you are a kid and forced to do so by your mom.

Actually, a clean start to the New Year is deemed to be good.

Doing your laundry before New Years is suggested to set the coming years as fortuitous. Doing laundry ON New Years Day, is not only unlucky, there are many who believe it portends the death of a household member.

Answer 3

It's not just laundry, it's any type of work. If you work on New Year's Day, you'll be working ALL year.

The superstition concerning not doing laundry stems from the belief that doing so "washes away" the luck of the people who's clothes are washed and in many cultures is said to predict the death of a member of the household.

Answer 4

No, that's just an old myth

Answer 5

Bc someone can die and ur family