New Year’s Day
New Year is a festive celebration and holiday all overthe world. Billions of people around the world celebrate this day with completezeal and fervor. This marks the fresh start and a bid of farewell to the old year.For many people, New Year means a lot as this marks their new beginning, a timeto start anew, a time for changes for being a better and healthier person. People celebrate new year with New year party, Sending New year wishes messages to friends and relatives. Thisis also a time for many customs, traditions and superstitions.
Popular New Year’sSuperstitions
Do you practice anything when New Year comes? If yes,then you are also a believer in superstitions. I was one of those people beforewho used to jump continuously before the clock strikes to midnight signalingthe beginning of a year so that I could still grow taller. Superstition is theact of believing in supernatural forces which would dictate either getting goodluck or driving away bad forces. So, here are the most popular and fascinatingNew Year superstitions:
Don't Clean up after New Year's Eve
Should you be a spic-and-span kind of gal, try beingdirty only for once a year especially on January 1. It is believed thatcleaning of any kind drives away the positive energy and good fortune you haveattracted. So if you want to be lucky this year, skip the cleaning and justenjoy the celebration. After all, it’s not bad to break away from the habitonce in a while.
Everything needs to be round
Somehow, wearing polka dots or eating round-shaped foodis said to be a symbol of prosperity. That’s why people prepare different roundshaped foods. Sweets and other delicacies are shaped into balls. Others alsogather 12 fruits that have round shape like apples, pears, grapes, apricot,etc. Some choose to be simple, eating 12 pieces of grapes as soon as the clockticks 12 midnight. In countries like Philippines, children are tying coins intheir clothes as it signifies good luck.
Pay your debts
Having unaccounted debt in the New Year is a bad way tostart the year. Make sure that all the bills are paid and pay what you owe toother people. Check your bills and make sure that they are all paid. It isbelieved that this will attract good luck and fortune.
First Kiss
In terms of love, kissing someone on New Year's Eve willensure that the relationship will get stronger and better for the year round.It needs to be accomplished as without that kiss, expect that loneliness wouldbe your company. They believe that when you didn’t kiss your partner or betterhalf, relationship will experience lack of warmth and coldness throughout theyear.
Make Lots of Noise
Fireworks are a norm for celebrating the first day of theyear. Yet, it isn't enough. One must try making more noises to drive away theevil forces that lurk in the corners of this world --- figuratively andliterally. Go scare them away! Aside from bursting firecrackers, some otherways to make noises are singing, making noise with coins, etc.
Accomplish many tasks
Being able to finish half-done chores or tasks isessential to get overwhelming blessings for the New Year. Procrastinate nomore! Be productive somehow. If you have time and you don’t have anything todo, just work for a bit. Make sure that you don’t work too hard, otherwise youwill be overwhelmed with lots of work for the rest of the year.
First Footing
Try to keep those itchy feet still and never ever leaveyour house until someone pays you the first visit. Why? Because going out ofyour house first means that you take away all the good luck you have been ableto get. But if a person would visit you, then it means you have enough luck torisk going out already.
New Year Babies
Who would ever forget that babies born on the first ofJanuary are the luckiest ones? That’s why many pregnant women are expecting togive birth to their babies on the New Year’s Eve.
Be Happy
As they say, smile and the world smiles at you. Never crywhen it’s the New Year or else you would also be getting the same thing thewhole year round. So smile and laugh as much as you can. Just make sure thatyou don’t do this alone. Or else, people around you may think otherwise.
Stock up
Don’t’ forget to stock up before January 1st.It is believed that when your fridge or cupboard is empty, you will be introuble for the rest of year as it will stay empty most of the time. Aside fromthe fridge, make sure that you also have some cash on your wallet to experiencegood flow of money throughout the year.
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