do yall have any new year rituals

Submitted by skookin in just_post

i like to scrub the front door step, do cleaning projects around my house, bring in some kind of decorative greenery from the yard, maybe have a ritual "burn your old mail and sad thoughts" fire, etc.

my mom likes to eat cabbage bc its supposed to bring good vibes. there used to be a midnight parade in my neighborhood that she loved where an old guy played "auld lang syne" on the bagpipes while ppl set off fireworks, but after he died i don't think they do it anymore :(

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I_got_killed_one_time wrote (edited )

for the past two or three years ive gone and blasted death grips in the tesco car park.

the first year i think i interrupted a couple doing Some thing becuase when i started, a car lit up and very quickly peeled away, and im pretty sure the guy behind the wheel scowled at me more fiercely than any mad animal ive seen

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nomorepie wrote

Tbh when I see people just sitting in their car in a store parking lot I always think they're there to do drug deals. Not judging tho

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rain wrote

I’m usually just trying to find someplace quiet away from my family

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nomorepie wrote

In Hungarian folklore we are not supposed to sweep on new year's eve because we'll sweep away good fortune. We eat lentils cos it resembles coin = money. On new year's day the first person to wish you a happy new year ought to be a man. There's loads more but I don't remember, I'll ask my mom because she knows a lot of superstitions like this.

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WRETCHEDSORCERESS wrote

Rest in peace bagpipe fella, that's a real shame :(

I usually find somewhere to cry-sing Last Song by Jason Webley as the year turns. Just my little ward against despair.

My stepdad always makes black-eyed peas, collard greens, and cornbread. I am not southern, so it's never really something I've done, but those foods are all great. Maybe I should.

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oolong wrote

i post a meme about it being december 32. also i change my sheets and try to sweep before new year

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