The New Year is approaching. It is time when you look back on the year and reflect and remember. It is also a time when you think about what your resolution will be for the New Year. What will you do to improve yourself. Mine resolution is to spend more time with family.
New Year’s is one of the oldest holidays ever to be celebrated. It started in ancient Babylon and began with the first new moon after the Vernal Equinox, the first day of spring. They celebrated New Year’s at this time because, winter is over, and the spring time is about planting new crops and flowers blossoming. The Babylonians would celebrate the New Year’s festivities over a course of eleven days. Now that sounds like fun!
One tradition of the New Year’s is to eat good luck food such as black-eyed peas, cabbage and hog, which is a symbol for prosperity. Many cultures believe in eating anything shaped in a ring, symbolizing they have come full circle. The Dutch believe eating donuts on New Year’s day will bring them good fortune. Yummy! In Japan, New Year’s is a very important holiday. In December, they have various Bonekai or celebrations to forget the past year and any problems they may have had. It is a day of joy and no work is done. Children receive small gifts with money inside and New Year’s cards are sent out. In Spain, the custom is to eat twelve grapes, so they will have twelve good months ahead.
Around my house, we get together with friends and family to cook, celebrate and shoot fireworks. Also you can’t forget the midnight countdown and the first kiss of the New Year. No matter where you are or how you celebrate, New Year’s is the time to start over, improve and look forward to having a great and wonderful year. Enjoy!
Now tell me some of your New Year’s traditions. I can’t wait to read them all.
Sincerely,
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My husband is from New Orleans and they eat cabbage & black eyed peas on New Year’s for good luck & prosperity….I’ve never had a New Year tradition myself, so maybe we’ll do that this New Year! 🙂
We are kind of boring now. No real traditions. Last few years we just stayed in and I think were sleeping before midnight!
As a kid we would go outside, bang pots and pans and throw confetti. I do believe that may be considered littering now! 😉
Happy New Year!!!
Hmm, Never had any New Years Traditions..I can barely stay awake until midnight anymore..lol
I enjoyed your post..Thanks for sharing
I’m lucky to make it to midnight! lol we usually spend this night with friends, but this year we will be with family celebrating christmas
We don’t have too many customs or traditions. It seems to change every year, but we always do the countdown and the kiss! happy New Year!
when I was a kid we would bang pots and pans at midnight I haven’t done that for years
Hi! – We eat Tamales on New Years!
Happy New Year!
When I used to live in P.R. all of my family would get together for food, music and dancing. This year we will be spending it at the in-laws and they treat it like any other day so the hubby and I will have to start out own traditions.
Great Customs! Thank you for sharing. I wish you a very Happy New Year’s Eve!
We are actually going over to my moms today to specifically eat black eyed peas for good luck!!!
This is a fun post! New Year’s is my anniversary as well (My fiance and I became a couple on New Year’s and then got engaged on a New Year’s later on!) so it’s extra special for us. 🙂
Great post! We usually go to a service at our church. Everyone brings a game and some snacks and we fellowship the night away. Near midnight, we gather in the sanctuary and ring in the new year as a family.
lol those are funny. We don’t really have any traditions. We just try to make it to midnight which we were successful this year!
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I think you have the most important New Years resolution of all, spending more time with your family. You don’t ever get those years back again. This is also one of mine as work keeps me busy, but I would also like to throw in there, taking better care of msyelf so I can be of better company to my family. 🙂
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