New Year's Traditions

[JustGeorge]

My husband is muttering about getting laundry done because he can't do it tomorrow. "Wash clothes on New Year's Day, you wash your loved ones away!" he tells me.

I think its nonsense, but I'm certainly not about to stop the man from doing his own laundry. He'll also want black eyed peas, but never remembers to soak them, so generally goes wanting.

The New Year is upon much of the world. What are your traditions?

If its not New Year's Eve for you, when is your new year, and what are your traditions surrounding it?

 

[Eddi]

. What are your traditions?

On New Year's day we have a nice fancy meal

For 2024 we are having a vegan nut roast with home-made gravey and cranberry jelly

Am very much looking forward to it

 

[ChristineM]

We don't hold to tradition though my parents did...
First footing. Just after midnight a man (usually dad who has been banished out to the cold before midnight) enters your house with goods to bring prosperity to the home. Coin, shortbread, a piece of coal and whisky. They represent money, food and warmth the whiskey is to toast the new year

 

[SalixIncendium]

I don't much remember how my parents celebrated except something about eating herring. I think there might have been corned beef involved.

With both my daughters, we'd buy a bunch of snack foods such as spinach dip with rye bread, cheese curds, pizza rolls, fried pickles, fried mushrooms, taquitos, soft pretzels, bagel bites, etc. and I'm make them the little Vienna hot dogs wrapped in biscuits (even though I didn't eat them) and we'd start snacking around 6 or 7pm and go on until the ball dropped. We'd have some bubbly at midnight.

My daughter flew out this morning on vacation to Florida with a friend to celebrate the new year in Tampa, so today will be like any other day.

 

[JustGeorge]

We don't hold to tradition though my parents did...
First footing. Just after midnight a man (usually dad who has been banished out to the cold before midnight) enters your house with goods to bring prosperity to the home. Coin, shortbread, a piece of coal and whisky. They represent money, food and warmth the whiskey is to toast the new year

I like that!

 

[Heyo]

Watching "Dinner for One" is a tradition. Burning fireworks was one long ago but that's hopefully dying out. (The animals don't like it.)

 

[ChristineM]

Watching "Dinner for One" is a tradition. Burning fireworks was one long ago but that's hopefully dying out. (The animals don't like it.)

I have posted dinner for one a couple of times. A German neighbour introduced me to it. I don't know if he was having me on but he tells me it is played on every TV channel in Germany.

And this is my excuse to post it again.

 

[JustGeorge]

I have posted dinner for one a couple of times. A German neighbour introduced me to it. I don't know if he was having me on but he tells me it is played on every TV channel in Germany.

And this is my excuse to post it again.

@Heyo was talking about that yesterday.

 

[ChristineM]

@Heyo was talking about that yesterday.

And today, that's why i posted it.

I understand that Germans who speak no English know it word for word.

 

[Quagmire]

Does being sleep deprived and slightly hung over on New Year's day qualify as a tradition?

 

[JustGeorge]

Does being sleep deprived and slightly hung over on New Year's day qualify as a tradition?

Probably one of the most observed.

 

[ChristineM]

Does being sleep deprived and slightly hung over on New Year's day qualify as a tradition?

Only slightly? You're not trying hard enough.

 

[Heyo]

And today, that's why i posted it.

I understand that Germans who speak no English know it word for word.

It's been running for 60 years, every New Year's Eve.

 

[Eddi]

Watching "Dinner for One" is a tradition. Burning fireworks was one long ago but that's hopefully dying out. (The animals don't like it.)

My mother and sister both speak German so on New Year's eve we normally watch an extravaganza on German TV

Bonus points if Heino features in it, the man is a living legend

Didn't watch the German TV this time though because my sister wasn't here

 

[peanutlove]

Drinking the same glass of water. I dont know why but we have that

 

[JustGeorge]

Drinking the same glass of water. I dont know why but we have that

As in, everyone shares the glass?

 

[ADigitalArtist]

I grew up with a lot of Japanese influence both with my aunt and uncle being a professional translator, having exchange students and teachers, and the Japanese I took in high-school and college.

So for decades I've been more involved in Lunar new years traditions than American traditions. So I've got a bit before my new years stuff kicks off. It's a plethora of holiday foods like moon cakes, mochi, ozoni soup, black tea eggs, and new years Zodiac cards called nengajo.

 

[Revoltingest]

My new year traditions....
- Avoiding Mrs Revolt's desire to do something special.
- Accounting work to close out the old, & ring in the new.

 

[JustGeorge]

My new year traditions....
- Avoiding Mrs Revolt's desire to do something special.
- Accounting work to close out the old, & ring in the new.

Do you have to hide?

 

[peanutlove]

As in, everyone shares the glass?

yes, same glass, same water haha