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    New Year's Eve traditions around the world

12:00 AM
January 1, 2022

New Year's Eve
Traditions around the world

Do you like ending the year with a bang while welcoming the next one in with bad singing and worse dancing? Or do you head to bed early to begin the new year fresh and ready to take it all in? We all have our typical traditions, and so does the rest of the world!

If you ring in 2022 over in Denmark, you may see streets lined with broken glass and plates. This is their tradition of smashing old tableware against the doors of friends which is believed to dispose of bad spirits!

Meanwhile, you will need your walking shoes in South America… and an empty suitcase. Locals in various countries, including Colombia and Mexico, carry their cases around their local area on New Year’s Eve in hopes the practice will bring a travel-filled year.

Bowl of grapes
Be sure to get a bowl of grapes at the ready if you happen to be spending this New Year's Eve in Spain.

Maybe you want a refreshing snack at the stroke of midnight. In that case, head to Spain where it is tradition to eat the ‘twelve grapes of luck’. The idea is to eat a grape in each toll of the midnight bell to rid evils and bring prosperity.

Of course, no New Year’s Eve is complete without a sky full of fireworks, a tradition carried on throughout the world!

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