New Year greetings thread

Happy New Year Auckland.

 

Yay to 2020 in OZ.

 

• 1300GMT/8:00AM EASTERN: Sydney, Australia (midnight fireworks). • 1500GMT/10:00AM EASTERN: Pyongyang, North Korea and Seoul, South Korea (bell tolls). • 1600GMT/11:00AM EASTERN: Hong Kong (light show over harbour), China, and Taiwan. • 1830GMT/1:30PM EASTERN Bangalore, India (celebrations). • 1900GMT/2:00PM EASTERN: Islamabad, Pakistan (midnight fireworks). • 2000GMT/3:00PM EASTERN: Dubai, United Arab Emirates (light show). • 2100GMT/4:00PM EASTERN: Moscow, Russia (fireworks over Red Square). • 2200GMT/5:00PM EASTERN: Athens, Greece. (fireworks at the Acropolis), Cape Town, South Africa (midnight fireworks), Beirut, Lebanon (midnight fireworks). • 2300GMT/6:00PM EASTERN: Paris, France (light show/fireworks over the Arc de Triomphe). • 2300GMT/6:00PM EASTERN: Berlin, Germany. (celebrations/fireworks at Brandenburg Gate). • 2345GMT/6:45PM EASTERN: Edinburgh, UK (fireworks). • 0000GMT/7:00PM EASTERN: London, UK (fireworks over Westminster location). • 0200GMT/9:00PM EASTERN: Rio, Brazil (celebrations at Copacabana beach). • 0500GMT/12:00 AM EASTERN: New York, USA (celebrations at Times Square).

 

Yes!! and I wonder... Is it New Years in Australia already? I will Google it..

EDIT: Barely... HAPPY NEW YEAR! ​

 

TRADITIONS
England
England celebrates the New Year from the evening of December 31st into January 1st. Traditionally it is not as widely celebrated as Christmas, but the year 2000 saw a large change. For instance, people did not used to celebrate New Year with fireworks (they were reserved for Bonfire Night), but last year and this all across England people were setting off fireworks on the stroke of midnight.

More traditionally, on the stroke of midnight, people open the back door (to let the old year out) and ask the first dark-haired man to be seen to come through the front door carrying salt, coal and bread. This means that the following year everyone in the house will have enough to eat (bread), enough money (salt) and be warm enough (coal).

Scotland
In Scotland, they always seem to celebrate New Year better than anywhere else. The celebration of New Year's Eve is called "Hogmanay". The word Hogmanay comes from a kind of oatcake that was traditionally given to children on New Year's Eve.

In Edinburgh, the celebrations always include a massive party from Prince's Street to the Royal Mile and Edinburgh Castle. Unfortunately due to overcrowding in the past the event is now ticket only.

On New Year's Day (actually from the stroke of midnight) the tradition of first footing is observed. This is because the first person to set foot in a residence in a New Year is thought to profoundly affect the fortunes of everyone who lives there. Generally, strangers are thought to bring good luck.

Depending on the area, it may be better to have a dark-haired or fair-haired stranger set foot in the house, but it does mean Scotland is a very welcoming place for strangers at New Year!

Wales
New Year's Eve is called "Nos Galan" in Welsh, and whilst they also believe in letting out the old year and letting in the newif the first visitor in the New Year is a woman and a man opens the door it's considered bad luck. In addition, if the first man to cross the threshold in the New Year is a red head, that is also bad luck.

People in Wales also believe that you should pay off all debts before the New Year begins. Tradition states that ending a year in debt means a whole new year of debt.

On New Year's Day "Dydd Calan" in Wales the children get up early to visit their neighbors and sing songs. They are given coins, mince pies, apples and other sweets for singing. This stops at midday.

it can also depend on where you live as to when you celebrate New Year in Wales. Some areas still celebrate Dydd Calan on January 12th.

 

In the Southern United States, eating black-eyed peas or Hoppin' John (a traditional soul food) on New Year's Day is thought to bring prosperity in the new year.[4] The peas are typically cooked with a pork product for flavoring (such as bacon, fatback, ham bones, or hog jowls) and diced onion, and served with a hot chili sauce or a pepper-flavored vinegar. The traditional meal also includes Cabbage, collard, turnip, or mustardgreens, and ham. The peas, since they swell when cooked, symbolize prosperity; the greens symbolize money; the pork, because pigs root forward when foraging, represents positive motion.[5] Cornbread, which represents gold, also often accompanies this meal.[6]

Several legends exist as to the origin of this custom. Two popular explanations for the South’s association with peas and good luck dates back to the American Civil War. The first is associated with General William T. Sherman’s march of the Union Army to the sea, during which they pillaged the Confederates' food supplies. Stories say peas and salted pork were said to have been left untouched, because of the belief that they were animal food unfit for human consumption. Southerners considered themselves lucky to be left with some supplies to help them survive the winter, and black-eyed peas evolved into a representation of good luck. One challenge to this legend is that General Sherman brought backup supplies with him including three days of animal feed[7] and would have been unlikely to have left even animal feed untouched. In addition, the dates of the first average frost for Atlanta and Savannah, respectively, are November 13 and November 28.[8] As Sherman's march was from November 15 to December 21, 1864, it is improbable, although possible, that the Union Army would have come across standing fields of black-eyed peas as relayed in most versions of the legend. In another Southern tradition, black-eyed peas were a symbol of emancipation for African-Americans who had previously been enslaved, and who after the Civil War were officially freed on New Years Day.[9][10] Other Southern American traditions point to Jews of Ashkenazi and Sephardic ancestry in Southern cities and plantations.[11]


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Happy new year all

 

I remember reading about a group that rang in new years in several different time zones while flying on the Concorde. But I couldnt find out too much about it.

 

In Romania they dress up as Bears to celebrate the New Year....lol...

 

Some folks have ages yet to wait ....

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"Traditional Hogmanay celebrations were originally brought to Scotland by the invading Vikings in the early 8th and 9th centuries.

New Year is still called Yules, deriving from the Scandinavian word for the midwinter festival of Yule. The long history of Viking and Norse settlement in Scotland is the reason why these two nations share many ancient traditions."

 

I don't know what the new year will bring. I don't have 2020 vision...

 

How do they celebrate New Years in Spain?
How To Celebrate New Year's Eve In Spain

• Pick Your Spot. Choosing a location to celebrate New Year's Eve is important throughout the world, and equally so in Spain. ...
• Get Invited To A Friend's House For Dinner. ...
• Wear Red Underwear. ...
• Eat 12 Lucky Grapes. ...
• Drink Cava. ...
• Start With Your Right Foot. ...
• Eat New Year's Day Lentils.

If your New Years resolution is to fall in love this year, then make sure you ring in the new year wearing red underwear! In some parts of Spain, this cupid-calling good luck charm only works if the underwear were gift. In others, you have to give your festive underpants away by the end of the night for the love potion to work.

 

New Year's Eve 2020 celebrations and fireworks around the world

 

Thought I'd stop by and wish everyone a happy new year.

Have a happy new year!