new year´s traditions

maryb21 · 12-31-2005, 07:07 PM

Hello guys, i was just wondering do you have any tradition for new years eve?
for example here in Colombia when the clock marks 12 o` clock, after we say happy new year to our family and friends we grab a travelers bag or a suitcase and we go around the block, we do that if we wanna travel in the new year.
If we want good luck we wear yellow underware, it can be light you know hehehe, plus nobody will see them.
And we also eat twelve grapes for wishes, one for each month of the coming year...
As for me, i only eat the grapes but tonight i am planning on going around the block because i´ll definitly travel on 2006!!!!

Take Care my Eskimos, i am so thankful i found you guys!!!
Happy New Year again!!!
Muah!

Cali · 12-31-2005, 07:14 PM

i think the most widespread tradition of all is to get really really drunk. i'm a girl of traditions

Aisling · 12-31-2005, 07:15 PM

i think in ireland, most poeple just get drunk and kiss someone at midnight and sing auld lang syne and then drink some more.
i like the grape idea! might try that!

rosey · 12-31-2005, 07:40 PM

http://www.rampantscotland.com/know/blknow12.htm

and a guid New Year to you all

buddy · 12-31-2005, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by maryb21

If we want good luck we wear yellow underware

I wore my only pair of yellow boxers last night..

cindy8219 · 12-31-2005, 10:53 PM

If you dont have yellow than wear some red underwear.

I really do not have any traditions but my grandma likes to throw a bucket of water out the front door to get rid of all the things are bad for the new year.
Also, wear (I do this) wear something new so you'll have many new things over the year.

Ranting Thespian · 01-01-2006, 02:32 AM

I am normaly with my guitar, sitting in front of a computer, playing away (or writing), and drinking a coke (maybe dr. pepper). Then I look down, see on the clock that it's the next year.

. . . not much of a tradition . . .

gomezxico · 01-01-2006, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Cali

i think the most widespread tradition of all is to get really really drunk. i'm a girl of traditions

i tried the suitcase thing for traveling once and it worked

SisterMidnight · 01-01-2006, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Aisling

i think in ireland, most poeple just get drunk and kiss someone at midnight and sing auld lang syne and then drink some more.

thats us too.. and watch dick clark's new years rockin eve to see the ball drop in times square.. he made a return last night it was kind of sad, he's had a stroke or something i think.. and mariah carey was the big performer of the evening

jeez she's so fake (implants/hair extensions/attitude) and i'm pretty sure she lip-synced the whole thing. i quit watching but my son said hilary duff had a wardrobe malfunction at one point..

my tradition is to stay in every new years, i'm not much of a clubber anyway and it's too hyped and too much drunkeness/noise/mayhem for my taste. i always eat chinese new years eve (dunno why but it just seems lucky with the fortune cookies etc.) and i used to have a tradition of watching this really campy b comedy called "get crazy" but my video tape broke a few years back

i get a bottle of champagne and chill watching movies or listening to music (broke out the ancient vinyl artifacts last night)

i remember my dad letting me shoot his pistol into the air at midnight when i was 7 years old or so, that was a tradition here for awhile but then they realized the bullets can actually come down and kill someone so it's kind of fallen out of favor...

maryb21 · 01-01-2006, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by buddy

I wore my only pair of yellow boxers last night..

hehe you´re funny, guess what i forgot to do the suitcase thing, my family were all screaming and all excited about new years, and i had to take a couple of pictures, we were at my cousins place, i mean you laugh a lot there, my family is just so crazy and loud and funny, but in a good way!!!

So after all i just ate the twelve grapes and that was about it, i don´t have a boyfriend since august and there were not hot boys at the party who weren´t my cousins haha, so no one to kiss!! But it was a good night!!!

Love you all!!
I wish you a kick ass 2006! seriously!

fit.happy.productive. · 01-01-2006, 11:03 PM

in germany all the poeple try to fool themselves , telling each ohter they´ll stop smoking, stop sleeping with strangers,try to focus on the more important values of life etc... and nearly everybody belives it for a few hours...until they fall asleep and get sober

(maybe poeple everywhere know this "tradition"; no idea; never been somewhere else at new year´s eve)

dizzy cannon · 01-02-2006, 12:49 AM

when my mom was little she was told that it was good luck to open the front and backdoor and midnite to let the old year out and the new year in. so since me and my mom live in an apartment and dont have a back door. we open the front door and flush the toliet. hehe its corny but its my only tradition.

maryb21 · 01-02-2006, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by dizzy cannon

when my mom was little she was told that it was good luck to open the front and backdoor and midnite to let the old year out and the new year in. so since me and my mom live in an apartment and dont have a back door. we open the front door and flush the toliet. hehe its corny but its my only tradition.

hahaha its pretty funny!!, especially your adaptation since you don´t have a back door!

buddy · 01-02-2006, 04:05 AM

Hmm.. Do the grapes count if they were in wine form? I'm in good shape if they do.

maryb21 · 01-03-2006, 03:29 AM

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Originally Posted by buddy

Hmm.. Do the grapes count if they were in wine form? I'm in good shape if they do.

I would say, Sure!! why not??

Yetzirah · 01-03-2006, 10:16 AM

i knew about the grapes from a friend i have from quito, ecuador. we did this when she was over 6 years ago... which was quite funny.
here we kiss and hug everyone at 12, or if it's more formal we just clink glasses with champaign and whish each other a happy new year. then they start to play the "wienerwalzer" a walz everywhere and ppl start to dance - or not. i forgot - for some it's tradition to watch "dinner for one" before midnight... this is not my taste. anyway - at twelve alll the little private fireworks start as well. we have an other tradition here as well: we have small figures of plumb here which we melt in a special spoon over a candle and trow the melted plumb in a basket filled with cold water so that it solidifies right away. then we take out our culture and guess what it could be. special symbols have special meanings for what will happen in the new year. i never had a look if this really happened but i like procedure itself...

ayco · 01-03-2006, 07:15 PM

We celebrate christmas. Or well, just my family I guess. Every year my parents forget to buy gifts so the day before christmas they go "oh no, we forgot to buy gifts and now there's not enough time left and the shops are crowded. let's celebrate christmas on the 31st". It's our family tradition and it's kind of fun in a way as well.

12-31-2005, 07:07 PM	#1
maryb21 Colombian Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cartagena, Colombia Posts: 490	new year´s traditions Hello guys, i was just wondering do you have any tradition for new years eve? for example here in Colombia when the clock marks 12 o` clock, after we say happy new year to our family and friends we grab a travelers bag or a suitcase and we go around the block, we do that if we wanna travel in the new year. If we want good luck we wear yellow underware, it can be light you know hehehe, plus nobody will see them. And we also eat twelve grapes for wishes, one for each month of the coming year... As for me, i only eat the grapes but tonight i am planning on going around the block because i´ll definitly travel on 2006!!!! Take Care my Eskimos, i am so thankful i found you guys!!! Happy New Year again!!! Muah! __________________ "Love is the revolution we all shall seek..."

12-31-2005, 07:14 PM	#2
Cali Vegetable Eskimo Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: A room of musical tunes Posts: 5,158	i think the most widespread tradition of all is to get really really drunk. i'm a girl of traditions __________________ Scrubs Ted and Kate Micucci Screw You (full song) __________________________________ note: my name is NOT short for California

12-31-2005, 07:15 PM	#3
Aisling Mel is so hot right now Join Date: May 2003 Location: Bromwich suite Posts: 2,773	i think in ireland, most poeple just get drunk and kiss someone at midnight and sing auld lang syne and then drink some more. i like the grape idea! might try that! __________________ america is so hot right now

12-31-2005, 10:53 PM	#6
cindy8219 Eskimo Regular Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Houston Posts: 767	If you dont have yellow than wear some red underwear. I really do not have any traditions but my grandma likes to throw a bucket of water out the front door to get rid of all the things are bad for the new year. Also, wear (I do this) wear something new so you'll have many new things over the year. __________________ A groan of tedium escapes me, startling the fearful. Is this a test? It has to be. Otherwise I can't go on. Last edited by cindy8219; 12-31-2005 at 10:55 PM.

01-02-2006, 12:49 AM	#12
dizzy cannon senseless eskimo Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: south jersey, usa Posts: 796	when my mom was little she was told that it was good luck to open the front and backdoor and midnite to let the old year out and the new year in. so since me and my mom live in an apartment and dont have a back door. we open the front door and flush the toliet. hehe its corny but its my only tradition. __________________ "You're still reaching for the moon." "No, father. The moon's reaching for me!" myspace

12-31-2005, 07:40 PM	#4
rosey Eskimo Regular Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 300	http://www.rampantscotland.com/know/blknow12.htm and a guid New Year to you all

01-01-2006, 02:32 AM	#7
Ranting Thespian Eskimo Regular Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 331	I am normaly with my guitar, sitting in front of a computer, playing away (or writing), and drinking a coke (maybe dr. pepper). Then I look down, see on the clock that it's the next year. . . . not much of a tradition . . .

01-01-2006, 11:03 PM	#11
fit.happy.productive. Custom User Title Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: somewhere in northern germany Posts: 7	in germany all the poeple try to fool themselves , telling each ohter they´ll stop smoking, stop sleeping with strangers,try to focus on the more important values of life etc... and nearly everybody belives it for a few hours...until they fall asleep and get sober (maybe poeple everywhere know this "tradition"; no idea; never been somewhere else at new year´s eve)

01-02-2006, 04:05 AM	#14
buddy Eskimo Regular Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: detroit, mi, usa Posts: 917	Hmm.. Do the grapes count if they were in wine form? I'm in good shape if they do. __________________ the girlshapedlovedrug messes with my mind bbc4 sessions

01-03-2006, 10:16 AM	#16
Yetzirah Eskimissima Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: in my own little world! :D Posts: 2,746	i knew about the grapes from a friend i have from quito, ecuador. we did this when she was over 6 years ago... which was quite funny. here we kiss and hug everyone at 12, or if it's more formal we just clink glasses with champaign and whish each other a happy new year. then they start to play the "wienerwalzer" a walz everywhere and ppl start to dance - or not. i forgot - for some it's tradition to watch "dinner for one" before midnight... this is not my taste. anyway - at twelve alll the little private fireworks start as well. we have an other tradition here as well: we have small figures of plumb here which we melt in a special spoon over a candle and trow the melted plumb in a basket filled with cold water so that it solidifies right away. then we take out our culture and guess what it could be. special symbols have special meanings for what will happen in the new year. i never had a look if this really happened but i like procedure itself... __________________ Nothing to declare

01-03-2006, 07:15 PM	#17
ayco Eskimo Regular Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 158	We celebrate christmas. Or well, just my family I guess. Every year my parents forget to buy gifts so the day before christmas they go "oh no, we forgot to buy gifts and now there's not enough time left and the shops are crowded. let's celebrate christmas on the 31st". It's our family tradition and it's kind of fun in a way as well.