5 New Year's Traditions: What are Yours?
Do you have any unusual New Year's traditions? Here are five common ones many people follow.
Through the years, New Year's Eve rituals and superstitions have been passed on. Here are five more common traditions: Origins of this well-known tradition are not as popular as the act itself. At the stroke of midnight, kissing a loved one is said to ensure continued affections between the pair into the New Year. Not kissing anyone at midnight is believed to bring one loneliness in the New Year. (If you're in a relationship, be sure to kiss your significant other no matter how much bubbly has been consumed. I'm not sure what that mistake would bring you in the New Year, but I can't imagine it's good.) It's fun, but this ritual was once used as a protective measure. The belief was that loud noise making would scare away evil spirits. …
