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Whether it's to accomplish all those New Year's resolutions or just have a prosperous 2025, every culture has its New Year's traditions, but some might stand out more than others.
Crying for any reason (even if it’s a good one) on New Year’s Day is believed to be a bad sign of things to come. In fact, some say it could result in you having a year of sadness. Related: 26 ...
The tradition behind eating certain foods on New Year's Eve or on New Year's Day (and sometimes at the stroke of midnight) is the belief that eating these foods will ensure the coming year will be a good one and the superstition that not eating those foods will leave one vulnerable to bad luck.
Ring in 2024 with one or all of these food traditions said to bring good luck in the new year. Try some black-eyed peas for prosperity, grapes for good fortune or long noodles for luck in the year ...
A good luck charm is an amulet or other item that is believed to bring good luck. Almost any object can be used as a charm. Coins, horseshoes and buttons are examples, as are small objects given as gifts, due to the favorable associations they make. Many souvenir shops have a range of tiny items that may be used as good luck charms.
Also, don't take out the trash. Do this before or after new year's day. 5. Open windows. Blow in the good luck and blow out the bad the days leading up to New Year's Day (unless it's too cold to ...
See a pin and pick it up, all the day you will have good luck; See a pin and let it lay, bad luck you will have all day; See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil; Seeing is believing; Seek and ye shall find; Set a thief to catch a thief; Shiny are the distant hills; Shrouds have no pockets (Speech is silver but) Silence is golden
The character, 福 [fú], which means good luck, is hung upside down for Lunar New Year. “The word ‘to arrive,’ or to begin, is a homophone for the word for ‘upside down,’” Maasbach ...