What is your New Years Tradition???

Answer 1

Watch the ball drop in New York

Answer 2

My family is Asian, Korean, specifically. I am 13, and every New Year's, it's like the new, clean, year, being ready to be used. We clean the house, top to bottom, and then on New Year's morning, the children of the family (That's only me) dress up in the traditional Korean New Year's dress. It's very pretty, with lots of bright colors and patterns. I bow in front of my parents, as a sign of respect and courtesy. After I thank my parents for what I am grateful for, I get a present (Usually money) and we take pictures and have a big New Year's breakfast, which is always this really good dumping soup. Then, later, at night, we always turn the TV on and watch the ball drop in New York.

Answer 3

Sometimes I go to a party, but most of the time I stay home, watch the new year parties on tv and watch the fireworks. Next day i cook the blackeyed peas, cornbread and greens for lunch. Take a nap in the afternoon.

Answer 4

I go to church about 9 pm. We eat and talk for awhile. Then about 11:00 or so we go to the Sanctuary and the minister reads and we begin to pray about 11:45 then pray till after midnight. That is a good way to ring in the New Year. Then on New Years Day we eat black-eyed peas for good luck for the whole year.

Answer 5

I spend time with my family since we all live apart & don't get to see each other a lot. We eat a great typical English feast lol & settle down on the furniture (with the tv OFF until 11:50) to talk to each other & catch up. We celebrate at midnight & whoever wants to stay up, stays up & the others go to bed. I love that warm feeling of being with my family. If I can't make it home because of the typical Canadian weather, my husband, sis in law, our dogs & I relax & watch the countdown.

Answer 6

Welll my parents and I invite like 20 families and i invite my 2 family friends that I love and we have a party until the next day meanwhile the next day we actually are still at my house and we watch this russian comedy thing which is jokes and we eat.

Answer 7

Well as I recall when I was a teenager I used to have to babysit for neighbors while my folks hosted or went to a new years eve party. Now-a-days...well I just go to bed when I feel tired. You see to me New Years only means that I am one year older. You see my B-day is 31 Dec. Happy new year to ya.

Answer 8

Go to bed before 12 o'clock. I don't like New Year.

Answer 9

We fix a black eyed pea dish for prosperity here in the Southeast called Hoppin John. Some history:
Hoppin' John History

Hoppin' John is found in most states of the South, but it is mainly associated with the Carolinas. Gullah or Low Country cuisine reflects the cooking of the Carolinas, especially the Sea islands (a cluster of islands stretching along the coats of south Carolina and northern Georgia). Black-eyed peas, also called cow peas, are thought to have been introduced to America by African slaves who worked the rice plantations. Hoppin' John is a rich bean dish made of black-eyed peas simmered with spicy sausages, ham hocks, or fat pork, rice, and tomato sauce.

This African-American dish is traditionally a high point of New Year's Day, when a shiny dime is often buried among the black-eyed peas before serving. whoever get the coin in his or her portion is assured good luck throughout the year. For maximum good luck in the new year, the first thing that should be eaten on New year's Day is Hoppin' John. At the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, many southern families toast each other with Champagne and a bowl of Hoppin' John. If it is served with collard greens you might, or might not, get rich during the coming year.

There are many variations to traditional Hoppin' John. Some cook the peas and rice in one pot, while others insist on simmering them separately.

Most food historians generally agree that "Hopping John" is an American dish with African/French/Caribbean roots. There are many tales or legends that explain how Hoppin' John got its name:

It was the custom for children to gather in the dining room as the dish was brought forth and h op around the table before sitting down to eat.


A man named John came "a-hoppin" when his wife took the dish from the stove.


An obscure South Carolina custom was inviting a guest to eat by saying, "Hop in, John"


The dish goes back at least as far as 1841, when, according to tradition, it was hawked in the streets of Charleston, South Carolina by a crippled black man who was know as Hoppin' John.

Answer 10

i go to my friends house to celebrate the new year. they have a party at their house with a lot of people and after the ball drops, we go outside and yell happy new year and bang pots and pans until the neighbors yell at us. =)