New Year S Eve Traditions

From popping open a bottle of champagne to watching the ball drop in times square here are the roots of 10 new year s eve traditions.

New year s eve traditions. In scotland new year s eve or hogmanay as they call the last day of the year is a bigger deal than christmas auld lang syne is a scottish song after all the massive party goes on for days and incorporates age old acts such as first footing. Many people see the old year out with a party welcoming in the new year with toasts of champagne and exchanging good wishes for a happy new year. 12 new year s good luck traditions to borrow from around the world.

One of my favorite things about new year s good luck rituals is that not all of them seem completely sane. It s a bit of a popularity contest as the bigger the pile of broken china is. Though the temperature is normally well below freezing in russia on new year s eve people.

10 german traditions on new year s eve slide into the new year. Many of the traditions we ve already learned about on this list probably seem a bit off the wall. The idea is that bad luck and evil spirits are chased away and good luck is invited in.

It also ensures that the coming year will be filled with an abundance of bread and other food. 10 christmas traditions from around the world smooch. In the philippines if you crack a window or door on new year s eve.

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. The irish have a tradition of banging bread against the walls of their houses on new year s eve. Shortly before new year s eve people you meet will typically wish you a guten rutsch which literally translates as have a good.

For the past 25 years or so it has been a russian holiday tradition for two divers aptly named father frost and the ice maiden to venture into a frozen lake baikal the world s largest freshwater lake and take a new year tree typically a decorated spruce more than 100 feet below the surface. New year s eve ball by nicole beauchamp courtesy flickr via cc 2 0 new year traditions for good luck. 31st december is the last day of the year.