Start The Year Off With Some Good Luck

The start of a new year is celebrated in many different ways across the globe, so let’s take a look at various New Year’s traditions for inspiration as we count down the moments until 2021 begins!

Festive Food Traditions

One of the simplest ways to celebrate the new year is to prepare a special dish, and there are several year-end meals to garner good luck with every bite. You might have heard that eating black-eyed peas at New Year’s is as lucky as it is tasty, and it’s an essential part of Hoppin’ John. This satisfying dish backs up those black-eyed peas with rice and pork. If you prefer seafood, fish are also considered an optimistic dinner option as they continuously swim forward, onward like the flow of time. In Spain, it’s customary to down a dozen grapes at midnight, eating one at each chime of the clock for good fortune in each of the 12 months ahead.

Customs Around the World

When you’re done with those plates, you’ll probably clean them and put them away. In Denmark, however, revelers will go around to the houses of family and friends and crash dishware on their door steps. If you open your door on the morning of the new year to find an abundance of broken glass, you can look forward to good luck after you’re done sweeping. If you’d prefer to keep your plates intact, Denmark offers another tradition. You can literally leap into the new year by jumping at the stroke of midnight. Elsewhere, folklore holds that opening your windows at midnight will let the old year and stale luck out, allowing you to greet the new year with a fresh start. While your window’s open, remember that in Puerto Rico, tossing a bucket of water out the window is meant to wash away bad vibes from the old year. If you don’t want to make a splash, a pinch of sugar out the window should do the trick.

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