New Year Blog Hop

Happy New Year! Welcome to the New Year Blog Hop. How do you celebrate the new year? In the South where I live, we eat black eyed peas and collard greens for good luck, but other people have different traditions. Here's a sampling of some traditions in other countries.

In Italy (and in New York) people take the plunge into icy cold water.

In Columbia, 'old year dolls' are burned at the end of New Year's festivities in order to get rid of any bad things from the old year.

In Spain people eat 12 grapes as midnight strikes on New Year's Eve. If you eat one grape and make a    wish each time the clock chimes you'll have good luck in the new year.

In Stonehaven, Scotland, people parade through the streets carrying baskets of fire which they throw into the sea at the end of the celebration procession.

In Japan people decorate with paper lobsters because the rounded back of the lobster resembles the rounded back of an old person, and every New Year's greetomg carries a wish for longevity.

However you celebrate, have a wonderful and happy 2015. You can watch a video about my latest book Rest Thy Head below.

 

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