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Iris D Posted 21 years ago
Culture

How to celebrate new year in your country

Hi there! New year is coming. I am interested in your traditional ways of celebrating New Year.I think every body know New Year is on 1 jan. of each year. But in China,we also have our traditional new year -- Chinese Lunar New Year (it's 29 Jan. in year 2006,and you also can call it-- Spring Festival).

Lunar New Year is the most important festival of the year for Chinese all over the world.On Lunar New Year's Eve,we will eat the reunion dinner,all members of the family will gather for the most significant meal of the year,and the absentee members would endeavor to return home in time for it. On the New Year Eve , children will get red packets with money from elders.it symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year. (I still can get red packets from my grandparents,due to they said everyone who haven't marry still is kid in their eyes,I enjoy it very much).On New Year’s Day, some Chinese families will eat a vegetarian dish called "zhai"(in Chinese).And we will visit our relatives in the coming days.Sorry for my poor English,I can't describe it in several sentences,hope somebody would supplement it.

So what about your New Year?
  

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In Catalonia (a country in the North-East of Spain), we also celebrate the New Year. In New Year's Eve, the family members have dinner together and we usually eat something especial (that you wouldn't usually eat). But, the best moment is at midnight when the bells ring twelve chimes (one for each hour) and we have to eat a grape for each chime.

— Eire

  • In Catalonia (a country in the North-East of Spain), we also celebrate the New Year.
  • In New Year's Eve, the family members have dinner together and we usually eat something especial (that you wouldn't usually eat).
  • But, the best moment is at midnight when the bells ring twelve chimes (one for each hour) and we have to eat a grape for each chime.
  • It's almost impossible to eat the twelve grapes at the same time as the bells' chimes, but it's fun!
  • After that, we toast to a happy new year and we kiss each other.
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In Catalonia (a country in the North-East of Spain), we also celebrate the New Year. In New Year's Eve, the family members have dinner together and we usually eat something especial (that you wouldn't usually eat). But, the best moment is at midnight when the bells ring twelve chimes (one for each hour) and we have to eat a grape for each chime. It's almost impossible to eat the twelve grapes at
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In Italy people generally go to the restaurants for the "big dinner of St. Silvester" in the evening of 31th december; young people often eat togheter in a flat, parents free, or in a garage without cars and after midnight go to the disco. Anyway at midnight everyone uncorcks a bottle of champagne and toasts the new year and kisses friends and acquaintances all around. Somone uses to cook lentils
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Hi Eire. "eat a grape for each chime". It's really fun. Huh~I will have a try to eat twelve grapes with in twelve bell's chime at some time
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A lot of people in the UK will go to a party and there is usually a big count down 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Happy New Year! to the point of midnight. Then it is traditional to sing a song called 'Auld Lang Syne' (originally a poem by Robbie Burns. It is written in old Scots and the title means Old Long Ago). While singing it you have to cross your arms in front of you then hold hands with the people e
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Americans celebrate the New Year in the same manner that Nona described, 'Auld Lang Syne' and all.
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In Germany we celebrate with our family or friends. At the evening there is the tradition to look "Dinner for one" in TV (don't know if you know it) and do a little walk through the streets. After midnight we go on the street and start fireworks. And we do some ones inside- "table fireworks".
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In Naples, we do something different from Francesca's city.

In general,we have dinner at home with parents and relatives and we cook some special plates. As Naples is also famous for fish dishes, we cook "spaghetti with seafood" and so many things that we begin at 21.00 and finish just in time for the fireworks. Each family prepares its fireworks out of the windows and at midnight, we lgh
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I found wherever we are,however to celebrate New Year, most of us will have a big,sumptuous meal.
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People in Japan will go their parents' home on new year's vacation generally. Railways, airports and highways are crowded. On New Year's Eve we eat buckwheat noodles and thank for the luck where we have accomplished the year peacefully. Then sounds of a temple bell reach our ears gently 108 times over the silent midnight. I fall asleep with drunken and foggy head as the bells going. On New Ye
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On the night of New Year's Eve, I drink a lot.... Emotion: stick out tongue

So... generally my New Year starts with a terrible hangover.
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