New Year S Eve Traditions

The most prominent new year s tradition in spain involves consuming grapes.

New year s eve traditions. Celebrations on the frozen ponds and rivers tend to last all night as buddies fish in the open or in purpose built fishing shacks and perhaps catch a fish or two to help celebrate the coming year. On new year s eve colombian households have a tradition called agüero of placing three potatoes under each family member s bed one peeled one not and the last one only partially. Some aim to banish evil spirits and invite good ones in.

If the old year goes out like a lion the new year will come in like a lamb. It s a bit of a popularity contest as the bigger the pile of broken china is the next. In rural areas of canada new year s eve is a time to spend ice fishing with friends.

New year s eve ball by nicole beauchamp courtesy flickr via cc 2 0 new year traditions for good luck. A danish new year s eve tradition is to throw plates and dishes against friend s and neighbor s front doors. It s a danish tradition to throw china at your friend s and neighbor s front doors on new year s eve some say it s a means of leaving any aggression and ill will behind before the new year begins and it is said that the bigger your pile of broken dishes the more luck you will have in the upcoming year.

Each year spaniards partake in the annual tradition of eating one grape for every toll of the clock at midnight. In chile it s lentils while in spain it s 12 white grapes. Discover both modern and traditional japanese new year s traditions.

One of my favorite things about new year s good luck rituals is that not all of them seem completely sane. For abundance in the new year fill your pockets and cupboards today. In case you needed any excuse to indulge in doughnuts and pretzels several cultures believe ring shaped foods represent coming full circle.

In denmark people take pride in the number of broken dishes outside of their door by the end of new year s eve. Begin the new year square with every man. Yes there are even new year s eve food traditions.