New Years Kiss Tradition

Kissing has long been a part of cold wintry traditions beginning back in ancient rome.

New years kiss tradition. Talk about pressure not only do you need to make sure you run into a top notch person at midnight but they also better be a really good kisser or conversationalist. The folklore behind this tradition says that the first person you encounter in a new year and the type of encounter you have sets the tone for the rest of the year. The reason why we kiss on new year s might stem from the roman s festival to celebrate the agricultural god.

But when you kiss at midnight on new year s eve your. German immigrants new year s eve parties in the mid 19th century would have helped spread the idea of ringing in the year with a kiss says to alexis mccrossen an expert on the holiday and author. We believe it brings good luck.