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I'm snowbound so I'm all over C-D today.
What, if any, New Year's traditions or superstitions do you observe?
I put pennies outside before midnight and bring them in after the new year as a prosperity good luck token. I used to eat pickled herring for luck but got out of the habit since no one else would touch the stuff. There was also a tradition in my wife's family that a dark-haired man had to be the first to come through the front door after midnight to bring good luck...any other person was bad luck. I got sent outside before midnight (maybe they were trying to get rid of me?) I wonder about the practice of making noise at midnight. As a kid, we used to bang pots at midnight and some people used firecrackers. Where I live now it is mostly gunfire or fireworks. I guess we are driving evil spirits away.
On New Years Eve we walk to the lake at the end of my street, announce our resolutions, put on a recording of Auld Lang Syne, and dance in the gazebo overlooking the lake.
On New Years Day we go to York River State Park, which has a long bridge spanning two sections of the park. We dance from one end of the bridge to the other to symbolize "dancing into the new year".
We used to play mini golf on New Year's Day, but there isn't a place near here where we can do that anymore. So I guess the two dance traditions will have to do.
On New Years Eve we walk to the lake at the end of my street, announce our resolutions, put on a recording of Auld Lang Syne, and dance in the gazebo overlooking the lake.
On New Years Day we go to York River State Park, which has a long bridge spanning two sections of the park. We dance from one end of the bridge to the other to symbolize "dancing into the new year".
We used to play mini golf on New Year's Day, but there isn't a place near here where we can do that anymore. So I guess the two dance traditions will have to do.
Now I have an image of you dancing across the bridge.
I share a house with a retired musician. He brings in the new year by practicing on one of his drum sets from around 11 to a little after midnight. For years, I spent NYE with relatives. Now I’m usually at home, and for several years, have listened on the internet to a favorite radio show on NYE, hot jazz with Rob Bamburger. The radio station changed formats and dropped the show this year, but happily another station put on the show just for last night. I listen until about 11:50, then bundle up and sit outside for a few minutes, until midnight comes and goes.
Last night was a particularly magical night to be outside. It was very quiet, and Lake Michigan has not yet frozen, so I could hear the waves breaking, and the trees rustling in the slight wind. A fresh snow had fallen, and my porch light let me see the outlines of the dark trees surrounding the house and the new snow on the ground. A slight fall of dry snow continued, and glittered in the porch light.
I make a gigantic pot of cuban-style lentils...with chorizo,ground red and green bell peppers.onion.garlic.potatoes,carrots,cooking ham and a hock thrown in for extra flavoring.
I start chopping the ingredients around 9:30 pm,start the actual cooking and simmering around 10pm ,and its ready to eat as the first meal of the new year at midnight.
It's supposed to bring good luck for the following year. I only started this 2 years ago...so far it hasn't
really worked...but I bring it for lunch at work for the next 4-5 days,at the amusement of my co-workers.
My husband and I go running. We first head toward the sunrise and later turn to go home.
I always go running on New Year's Eve. One year, a woman and I ran a three-mile long trail in a park. We passed several other groups of runners going the opposite direction. It was dark of course and if they noticed we were naked, they didn't say anything. By the way, that was not the year it was 15 degrees F at midnight.
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