Happy New Year!!!!

So it happened. The old year 2018 passed away and the new one 2019 came. We celebrated it, the new beginning, while the New Year's Eve. Each year it is pretty much the same: parties, concerts, the final countdown to the midnight, fireworks, champane toasts, lots of brocade and of course making new year resolutions. However we might be surprised by the fact that around the world there are some differences in the way how people welcome a new year. So let's have a quick look at some of them. In the US, for exemple, the Americans sing this traditionaly scotish folk song ' Auld Lang Syne' which translation is 'old long since' what is interpreated as ' days gone by'. You can hear it for exemple in the movie: 'When Harry met Sally'. The British on the other hand believe that the first person who enter their home need to be a young, dark-head male and he need to have with him a gift such as a 'cold' in order to bring the luck to the family. This tradition is called 'first footing'. Another spersition that brings the luck is breaking the old dishes at the front doors of each other's friends. This custom is celebrated in Denmark. The Brazilians attach importance to the color of their underwear because they believe that the red brings love, yellow brings money and green brings luck and good health. When it comes to traditional New Year's Eve dishes, we can distinguish for example french fois gros or spanish custom in which each person need to eat 12 grapes at midnight-one grape, each time the clock chimes. It is easy to guess why? Because it brings luck :)