New Year Traditions Around the World
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New Year Traditions Around the World
In the first edition of this newsletter one year ago, we shared some of our favorite New Year traditions around the world.
Here are a few more!
Polar Plunge
Many people around the world celebrate the New Year by jumping into freezing cold (or frozen) lakes, rivers and swimming pools. Have you done it? Leave a comment (or photo!) and let us know.
New Year's Resolutions
The first people believed to have devised and followed New Year's Resolutions were the Babylonians, who lived in present-day Iraq. The Romans adopted the practice of making New Year's resolutions, which survives today.
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Did the Babylonians and ancient Romans stick with their resolutions longer than we do, I wonder?
New Year Foods
Traditional foods eaten in celebration of the new year are black-eyed peas (popular in recipes like Hoppin' John, believed to originate in the South Carolina Low Country from African roots); and romazava, the national dish of Madagascar, made with zebu meat, tomatoes, onions and greens and accompanied by rice.
In Pennsylvania, pork and sauerkraut are popular on New Year menus - reportedly because pigs root forward (unlike chickens who move backwards as they scratch).
Sauerkraut symbolizes longevity. Who couldn't use more of that?
Letters from Children to their Families
Flemish children in Belgian write letters with their new year's wishes for their parents, godparents and grandparents. That's a nice tradition to share!
How are you ringing in 2024?
How will you commemorate and celebrate the start of 2024?
Leave a comment and tell us!
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