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 Julius Caesar was one who thought of the idea of organizing a calendar to manage and organize our lifes on a day to day basis. In the start he experimented and was trying to figure out a calendar by tying to follow the "Lunar Cycle". Throughout the time he realized that it began to change because of the seasons. After all his hard work he finally figured out the calendar and ever since 1582 we all gather to celebrate the start of a New Year.

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 Julius Caesar was one who thought of the idea of organizing a calendar to manage and organize our lifes on a day to day basis. In the start he experimented and was trying to figure out a calendar by tying to follow the "Lunar Cycle". Throughout the time he realized that it began to change because of the seasons. After all his hard work he finally figured out the calendar and ever since 1582 we all gather to celebrate the start of a New Year.

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Some traditions us who live in the U.S celebrate is gathering with our loved ones. It could be your friends, significant other or even family. We typically gather with those who we plan to walk into the next year with. Another tradition we do on new years is popping a bottle of champagne and sharing it with those around us when the clock hits 12.

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Some traditions us who live in the U.S celebrate is gathering with our loved ones. It could be your friends, significant other or even family. We typically gather with those who we plan to walk into the next year with. Another tradition we do on new years is popping a bottle of champagne and sharing it with those around us when the clock hits 12.

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In 45 B.C., New Year's Day is celebrated on January 1 for the first time in history as the Julian calendar takes effect.

Soon after becoming Roman dictator, Julius Caesar decided that the traditional Roman calendar was in dire need of reform. Introduced around the seventh century B.C., the Roman calendar attempted to follow the lunar cycle but frequently fell out of phase with the seasons and had to be corrected. In addition, the pontifices, the Roman body charged with overseeing the calendar, often abused its authority by adding days to extend political terms or interfere with elections.

In designing his new calendar, Caesar enlisted the aid of Sosigenes, an Alexandrian astronomer, who advised him to do away with the lunar cycle entirely and follow the solar year, as did the Egyptians. The year was calculated to be 365 and 1/4 days, and Caesar added 67 days to 46 B.C., making 45 B.C. begin on January 1, rather than in March. He also decreed that every four years a day be added to February, thus theoretically keeping his calendar from falling out of step. Shortly after Caesar was assassinated in 44 B.C., Mark Anthony changed the name of the month Quintilis to Julius (July) to honor him. Later, the month of Sextilis was renamed Augustus (August) after his successor.

Celebration of New Year's Day in January fell out of practice during the Middle Ages, and even those who strictly adhered to the Julian calendar did not observe the New Year exactly on January 1. The reason for the latter was that Caesar and Sosigenes failed to calculate the correct value for the solar year as 365.242199 days, not 365.25 days. Thus, an 11-minute-a-year error added seven days by the year 1000, and 10 days by the mid-15th century.

The Church became aware of this problem, and in the 1570s Pope Gregory XIII commissioned Jesuit astronomer Christopher Clavius to come up with a new calendar. In 1582, the Gregorian calendar was implemented, omitting 10 days for that year and establishing the new rule that only one of every four centennial years should be a leap year. Since then, people around the world have gathered en masse on January 1 to celebrate the precise arrival of the New Year.
READ MORE: 5 Ancient New Year's Celebrations

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In 45 B.C., New Year's Day is celebrated on January 1 for the first time in history as the Julian calendar takes effect. Soon after becoming Roman dictator, Julius Caesar decided that the traditional Roman calendar was in dire need of reform.

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While there are some commonalities across the world, almost every culture has its unique take on the new year.

This story was originally published on Dec. 29, 2016 and updated on Dec. 29, 2017.

For instance, in Mexico, people may eat one grape for every chime of the church bells at midnight, Aveni said.

Aztecs used to burn all of their mats during the new year, as fire was considered cleansing. They would then take the clean, new fire to their homes to light their hearths, Aveni said.

The English have a tradition of leaving money out on their porch to be purified, taking the cleaned, new money into their house on the new year.

Meanwhile, in Scotland, the tradition of the "first footing" says that, for good luck, the first person to set foot in the house after the stroke of midnight should be a tall, dark male bearing a lump of coal, shortbread, salt, a black bun and a "wee dram" of whisky, according to the History and Heritage Accommodation Guide of the UK.

Editor's Note: This article was originally published on Dec. 29, 2016 and was updated on Dec. 30, 2017 to include additional information on New Year's traditions in other countries.

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Here's How 10 New Year's Eve Traditions Got Started

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While there are some commonalities across the world, almost every culture has its unique take on the new year. This story was originally published on Dec. 29, 2016 and updated on Dec. 29, 2017. For instance, in Mexico, people may eat one grape for every chime of the church bells at midnight, Aveni said.

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In the article "What to Do if You Overspent During the Holidays" it talks about how on new years eve they did a study to see how much people have spent over the holidays. While doing the study they discovered that many people spent over 1,000 just on gifts. The issue with this is the debt it placed on those who over spent during the holidays.  The debt does not let people advance and makes it harder for them to start off the new year clean.

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In the article "What to Do if You Overspent During the Holidays" it talks about how on new years eve they did a study to see how much people have spent over the holidays. While doing the study they discovered that many people spent over 1,000 just on gifts. The issue with this is the debt it placed on those who over spent during the holidays.  The debt does not let people advance and makes it harder for them to start off the new year clean.

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Avoid incidental debt and build credit quickly with these four tricks for staying accountable with your spending.

Credit... Yann Bastard

By

Mr. Tepper is a senior staff writer at Wirecutter, a product recommendation site owned by The New York Times Company

Thanks to credit cards and one-click shopping, it's almost inconceivable to get from Black Friday (which is now more of a mind-set than a specific day) to the new year without dipping your card or entering its numbers at a digital checkout. According to the National Retail Federation, shoppers expected to spend a little more than $1,000 this holiday season, while some are probably still dealing with debt from last year.

That can make facing the aftermath of your holiday festivities feel as daunting as actually honoring your New Year's resolutions. You might prefer to pretend all that spending didn't occur rather than confront the engorged receipts, but you don't want to start 2020 in the hole. Here's how to get back on track.

You know that feeling when you're racing 80 miles per hour on a highway, then you take an exit and suddenly find yourself blazing through city streets without realizing it? That's called "velocitization." Something similar happens after the holidays. You're so used to buying constantly that your internal controls go berserk and your credit card balance balloons.

It's a new year, and you need to ease back into a normal, healthy routine so you have the runway to reestablish your emergency fund or chip away at any debt.

"Hopefully you feel good about the special gifts you bought," said Misty Lynch, head of financial planning at John Hancock, a Boston-based life insurance company. "But now it's time for a bit of detox."

Ms. Lynch suggested a few simple steps to help slow down the buying impulse in your brain. Unsubscribe from retailer email lists so you don't see that post-holiday deal and unsave your credit card information from store websites. Avoid social media and all of those targeted ads - "anything you can do to make spending less convenient," Ms. Lynch said.

In fact, try to avoid stores, both online and brick-and-mortar, altogether. Once you enter the retail world, every bit of stimulus is just another incentive to spend.

Most people don't like to look at their finances when stuff goes south; they check their investments less when the market is down and they avoid their bank accounts when they have a negative balance. We hate to lose more than we love to win.

The same thing happens when we spend too much. A recent paper observed this so-called ostrich effect when it found that people who received a higher-than-usual spending alert via their bank app were less likely to log in to their account in the following days compared with someone who didn't get an alert at all. People felt "psychological discomfort" from the negative implications of the message, said Sung Lee, a Ph.D. candidate in finance at New York University and the paper's author.

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Accepting that you have a problem, though, is a crucial step in right sizing your finances. When you feel a flutter of anxiety as you log in to your account, know that you're doing the right thing.

Begin with simple tasks to give yourself the mettle to go forward. Download your year-end credit card statements and separate your November and December spending from the rest of the year. (Or do the same thing digitally with You Need A Budget, our preferred budgeting app.)

Then assess what just happened. Did you spend more than you intended to, or more than you could afford? Do some cards have a balance that's too big to completely pay off? Perhaps you could redeem the cash back rewards you amassed to reduce what you owe.

Awareness is paramount because ignored debt doesn't go away - it metastasizes. Even if you pay the minimum amount due on your bill, the rest will be assessed interest, the average rate for which is currently around 17 percent.

Plus, it will help you raze the debt for good.

If your audit reveals a healthy portion of red tape, don't beat yourself up. You're not alone. Those who fall into debt over the holidays typically end up owing about $1,000 on their credit cards, according to annual surveys from Magnify Money, and about half of all borrowers revolve a payment at least once a year, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

Categorize your debt into one of two categories: quick payoff or longer payoff.

Quick payoff: If you can pay off your balance within a few months, set up automatic payments so you can wind it down while accruing as little interest as possible. This is a pretty straightforward proposition if you're carrying a balance on just one card. Life gets more complicated if multiple I.O.U.s bedraggle your bottom line.

In that case (and in keeping with the frosty theme), we recommend snowballing your debt payments. Rather than paying down the balance with the highest interest rate, attack your lowest balance first. The good cheer that comes from that accomplishment will give you the necessary positive momentum to go after your next-largest debt.

You should also call your issuers and request a lower interest rate. This tactic may seem a bit on the nose, but it can be surprisingly successful - a 2018 survey by CreditCards.com found that 56 percent of people who asked for a lower interest rate got one. However, only one in four cardholders even asked in the first place.

Long payoff: Big debts will require a bit more work. One clean solution, especially if you have multiple cards in the red, is to take out a personal loan. You'll be able to consolidate your debt into one monthly payment, and you may be able to get an interest rate lower than what you're currently paying on your credit cards (although personal loan interest rates can exceed 20 percent, depending on things like your credit history). Personal loans have become more popular, so shop around for rates before you commit.

Any of Wirecutter Money's recommended balance transfer cards will give you a long period of zero percent A.P.R., during which time you can retire your debt interest-free - but in many cases, you'll be charged a percentage of what you transfer as a one-time fee.

With that time comes freedom that may get you into trouble, though. A personal loan is repaid in fixed monthly payments over a set number of months, while a balance transfer leaves the business of repayment entirely up to you. Go the balance transfer route only if you've got the gumption to pay off your debt before interest kicks in.

Auditing your credit cards and consolidating your debt aren't exactly "fun." But that's the price of going out over your skis. Use the time between now and next year's holiday season to get ready.

You can look for a bank or credit union that offers a Christmas club account, something we're particularly fond of, or you can get really creative: In 2018, NBC told the story of one woman who saved $40,000 over 13 years by stockpiling every $5 bill she received, while Wirecutter has previously reported on how starting a saving circle with a group of friends can be an easy way to accumulate cash.

At the very least, go back to your spending audit to get a sense of how much you'll likely dish out during the upcoming holiday season. Working backward from that number, set up autosave to put a small portion of each paycheck you receive in a bank account (most banks will let you give it a funny name, like "stocking stuffer"). This should cover next year's spree in full and help you avoid overspending again.
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What to Do if You Overspent During the Holidays

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Avoid incidental debt and build credit quickly with these four tricks for staying accountable with your spending. By Mr. Tepper is a senior staff writer at Wirecutter, a product recommendation site owned by The New York Times Company Thanks to credit cards and one-click shopping, it's almost inconceivable to get from Black Friday (which is now more of a mind-set than a specific day) to the new year without dipping your card or entering its numbers at a digital checkout.

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Although many may not even think of eating grapes on new years people do. They eat 12 grapes on new years. Each grape represents a wish for every month of the year.

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Although many may not even think of eating grapes on new years people do. They eat 12 grapes on new years. Each grape represents a wish for every month of the year.

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Here are seven New Year's good luck foods to attract abundance and prosperity in the coming year. Or at least they'll pick us up after hard-partying the night before.

1. Black-Eyed Peas, Greens, and Cornbread

Luck factor: Even folks who aren't from the Southern United States go all in on eating black-eyed peas and leafy greens for good luck on New Year's Day. Add a slice of cornbread, and you've got "peas for pennies, greens for dollars, and cornbread for gold."

Try these recipes: Slow Cooker Spicy Black-Eyed Peas, Kickin' Collard Greens, and Skillet Corn Bread

Watch: Try Three New Ways to Enjoy Black-Eyed Peas

2. Pork

Luck factor: Pork for progress! Pigs root around with their snouts moving in a forward motion, which is why many cultures around the world eat pork on New Year's Day to symbolize progress for the coming year.

Try this recipe: Slow Cooker Pork and Sauerkraut with Apples

3. Grapes

Luck factor: In Spain and Mexico, eating 12 grapes at midnight as the clock strikes once for each hour will bring you luck for the 12 months ahead. (It's not as easy as it sounds.)

Make this recipe for your New Year's Eve party, and hold some grapes aside for your good-luck gobble: Balsamic Roasted Grapes

4. Pomegranates

Luck factor: Seeds have always been associated with fertility. In Greece, they hurl whole pomegranates to the floor to release a flood of seeds that symbolize life and abundance.

Instead of smashing your pomegranate on the floor, try this easy method to get the seeds out, then use them in this recipe: Spiced Pears and Pomegranate

5. Fish

Luck factor: So many fish in the sea. Maybe that's why they symbolized abundance in the new year around the world: Asian cultures feast on whole fish to celebrate Lunar New year, while on the other side of the globe, Europeans eat cod, herring, and carp. And while you don't eat the silvery scales, they do stand for coinage and plenty of it.

Try this recipe: Baked Dijon Salmon

6. Noodles and Rice

Luck factor: Noodles, especially extra-long noodles, are thought to bring long life if you eat them without breaking them in the middle. Rice is all about fertility and wealth.

Try this comforting dish for a double dose of luck: Chicken Long Rice Soup

7. Cakes

Luck factor: Ring-shaped cakes and other rounded sweet treats bring a full circle of luck to the eater. In some traditions, a coin is baked inside to bring an extra serving of luck to the one who finds it.

Try this recipe: Vaselopita - Greek New Years Cake

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Here are seven New Year's good luck foods to attract abundance and prosperity in the coming year. Or at least they'll pick us up after hard-partying the night before. Luck factor: Even folks who aren't from the Southern United States go all in on eating black-eyed peas and leafy greens for good luck on New Year's Day.

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Cake is also eaten on new years as a dessert. After people are done enjoying their meal they go back to get the dessert which is the best part. Cake cupcake and pastries are eaten often on new years and new years eve.

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Cake is also eaten on new years as a dessert. After people are done enjoying their meal they go back to get the dessert which is the best part. Cake cupcake and pastries are eaten often on new years and new years eve.

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Here are seven New Year's good luck foods to attract abundance and prosperity in the coming year. Or at least they'll pick us up after hard-partying the night before.

1. Black-Eyed Peas, Greens, and Cornbread

Luck factor: Even folks who aren't from the Southern United States go all in on eating black-eyed peas and leafy greens for good luck on New Year's Day. Add a slice of cornbread, and you've got "peas for pennies, greens for dollars, and cornbread for gold."

Try these recipes: Slow Cooker Spicy Black-Eyed Peas, Kickin' Collard Greens, and Skillet Corn Bread

Watch: Try Three New Ways to Enjoy Black-Eyed Peas

2. Pork

Luck factor: Pork for progress! Pigs root around with their snouts moving in a forward motion, which is why many cultures around the world eat pork on New Year's Day to symbolize progress for the coming year.

Try this recipe: Slow Cooker Pork and Sauerkraut with Apples

3. Grapes

Luck factor: In Spain and Mexico, eating 12 grapes at midnight as the clock strikes once for each hour will bring you luck for the 12 months ahead. (It's not as easy as it sounds.)

Make this recipe for your New Year's Eve party, and hold some grapes aside for your good-luck gobble: Balsamic Roasted Grapes

4. Pomegranates

Luck factor: Seeds have always been associated with fertility. In Greece, they hurl whole pomegranates to the floor to release a flood of seeds that symbolize life and abundance.

Instead of smashing your pomegranate on the floor, try this easy method to get the seeds out, then use them in this recipe: Spiced Pears and Pomegranate

5. Fish

Luck factor: So many fish in the sea. Maybe that's why they symbolized abundance in the new year around the world: Asian cultures feast on whole fish to celebrate Lunar New year, while on the other side of the globe, Europeans eat cod, herring, and carp. And while you don't eat the silvery scales, they do stand for coinage and plenty of it.

Try this recipe: Baked Dijon Salmon

6. Noodles and Rice

Luck factor: Noodles, especially extra-long noodles, are thought to bring long life if you eat them without breaking them in the middle. Rice is all about fertility and wealth.

Try this comforting dish for a double dose of luck: Chicken Long Rice Soup

7. Cakes

Luck factor: Ring-shaped cakes and other rounded sweet treats bring a full circle of luck to the eater. In some traditions, a coin is baked inside to bring an extra serving of luck to the one who finds it.

Try this recipe: Vaselopita - Greek New Years Cake

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Last year was a great year. I lost weight. My family got to build and buy their first house and my tia got monitized on youtube (when they start paying you per video). Although I had many blessings in the year of 2019 it was also a tough year. Yeah 2019 was a good year economically but not mentally. It was the years where I got a taste of what the real life is like. I'm so glad I went through what I did because I learned from it.

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Last year was a great year. I lost weight. My family got to build and buy their first house and my tia got monitized on youtube (when they start paying you per video). Although I had many blessings in the year of 2019 it was also a tough year. Yeah 2019 was a good year economically but not mentally. It was the years where I got a taste of what the real life is like. I'm so glad I went through what I did because I learned from it.

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In Colombia they celebrate new years a different than the U.S. To start of with they focus more on details. A strange tradition they do on new years and new years eve is wear yellow underwear. They wear yellow underwear bring wealth and prosperity into the new year.

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In Colombia they celebrate new years a different than the U.S. To start of with they focus more on details. A strange tradition they do on new years and new years eve is wear yellow underwear. They wear yellow underwear bring wealth and prosperity into the new year.

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New Year is considered as a very prominent and special time by the natives of Colombia. Colombia is considered as a country with a blend of different rich customs, and traditions, which are pretty perceptible by the way with which people in Colombia engage and celebrate New Year.

Colombia, which is situated in the northwest part of South America, celebrates its New Year in accordance to the Georgian calendar, i.e. on January 1.

New Year Celebrations in Colombia

New Year celebrations in Colombia prominently begin at the midnight. Though, parties at discotheques as well as clubs begin much earlier in the evening of 31st December. Other than that, private parties are organized at homes, where close friends and members of the families are invited. Invitations are send out well in advance to ensure adequate attendance, as potentially, there are many people in the same circle holding New Year parties at the same time. The moment when New Year arrived, everyone wishes one another with good luck and congratulatory messages. Hugging and kissing everyone in the family is considered to be the traditional way with which Happy New Year or Feliz Año is wished.

Traditional New Year Celebrations in Colombia

Conventionally, there are number of customs and traditions which are followed by Colombian people at the time of New Year. Each of the traditions holds a certain significance of its own. While most of them can be considered to be inspired by the diverse Colombian culture, some of them might appear as if they are closer to superstitions than rather being traditional. Take a look at some of the most prominent New Year customs and traditions, as followed during the time of celebrations. One might not find someone following all of them or none of them in Colombia as a part of New Year celebrations.

Twelve Grapes

It calls for eating twelve grapes as soon as the clock turns twelve. Each grape is considered to be figure of a month of the New Year. With each grape, one can make a wish. The only clause it states that one has to finish eating all of them within the first minute of the New Year.

Yellow Underwear

It calls for wearing yellow underwear at the moment when New Year arrives. According to beliefs, doing so brings wealth and prosperity in the coming year. One wishing for double prosperity should reverse it and then wear it.

Twelve Shafts of Wheat

It calls for placing twelve shafts of wheat on the dinner table, as doing so ensures abundance of food to eat in the coming year.

Suitcase

It calls for running hard and fast around the house with a suitcase in hand, as doing so ensures travelling in the coming year.

Right Foot First

With clock turning twelve, the first step should be made with the right foot only, as doing so ensures positivity and right decisions in the coming year.

Money Proximity

It calls for keeping some amount of money in form of hard cash, either in hand or pocket, at the time when clock turns twelve. Doing so ensures financial security and stability in the coming year.

Clean Surroundings

It calls for absolute cleaning of households and surroundings on a day prior to New Year. Doing so ensures incoming of positive energy in house and family.

Lentils Luck

It calls for eating lentils along with rice on New Year's Eve. Doing so ensures an year of abundance.

Burn Año Nuevo

An effigy on the name of the Old Year is made, which is called as Año Nuevo. It is ties up with fireworks, and at the point of clock ringing twelve, it is burnt. Also, people write their faults, or any feared bad luck on a piece of paper and throw it in the burning effigy. According to beliefs, doing so ensures liberty from all past troubles, sins, and mistakes, as well as bad luck.

Other prominent traditions include baking up a special New Year's bread, which has around coin placed inside it. At midnight, the head of the family cuts the bread, and distributes it among all the family members. Whosoever in the family gets the coin is considered to hold good luck for the entire coming year. There is another tradition, as a part of which a jewelry piece is put in champagne glass, which is toast at the arrival of New Year. Doing so ensures wealth and prosperity in the coming year.

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123 New Year - New Year's Eve traditions in Colombia

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In Colombia another tradition that Colombians do is when they step with the right foot first. When the clock hits 12 the first step that should be taken is with the right foot. According to Colombians stepping with the right foot first when the clock hits 12 brings positivity and helps you make  the right and best decisions in the coming year.

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In Colombia another tradition that Colombians do is when they step with the right foot first. When the clock hits 12 the first step that should be taken is with the right foot. According to Colombians stepping with the right foot first when the clock hits 12 brings positivity and helps you make  the right and best decisions in the coming year.

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New Year is considered as a very prominent and special time by the natives of Colombia. Colombia is considered as a country with a blend of different rich customs, and traditions, which are pretty perceptible by the way with which people in Colombia engage and celebrate New Year.

Colombia, which is situated in the northwest part of South America, celebrates its New Year in accordance to the Georgian calendar, i.e. on January 1.

New Year Celebrations in Colombia

New Year celebrations in Colombia prominently begin at the midnight. Though, parties at discotheques as well as clubs begin much earlier in the evening of 31st December. Other than that, private parties are organized at homes, where close friends and members of the families are invited. Invitations are send out well in advance to ensure adequate attendance, as potentially, there are many people in the same circle holding New Year parties at the same time. The moment when New Year arrived, everyone wishes one another with good luck and congratulatory messages. Hugging and kissing everyone in the family is considered to be the traditional way with which Happy New Year or Feliz Año is wished.

Traditional New Year Celebrations in Colombia

Conventionally, there are number of customs and traditions which are followed by Colombian people at the time of New Year. Each of the traditions holds a certain significance of its own. While most of them can be considered to be inspired by the diverse Colombian culture, some of them might appear as if they are closer to superstitions than rather being traditional. Take a look at some of the most prominent New Year customs and traditions, as followed during the time of celebrations. One might not find someone following all of them or none of them in Colombia as a part of New Year celebrations.

Twelve Grapes

It calls for eating twelve grapes as soon as the clock turns twelve. Each grape is considered to be figure of a month of the New Year. With each grape, one can make a wish. The only clause it states that one has to finish eating all of them within the first minute of the New Year.

Yellow Underwear

It calls for wearing yellow underwear at the moment when New Year arrives. According to beliefs, doing so brings wealth and prosperity in the coming year. One wishing for double prosperity should reverse it and then wear it.

Twelve Shafts of Wheat

It calls for placing twelve shafts of wheat on the dinner table, as doing so ensures abundance of food to eat in the coming year.

Suitcase

It calls for running hard and fast around the house with a suitcase in hand, as doing so ensures travelling in the coming year.

Right Foot First

With clock turning twelve, the first step should be made with the right foot only, as doing so ensures positivity and right decisions in the coming year.

Money Proximity

It calls for keeping some amount of money in form of hard cash, either in hand or pocket, at the time when clock turns twelve. Doing so ensures financial security and stability in the coming year.

Clean Surroundings

It calls for absolute cleaning of households and surroundings on a day prior to New Year. Doing so ensures incoming of positive energy in house and family.

Lentils Luck

It calls for eating lentils along with rice on New Year's Eve. Doing so ensures an year of abundance.

Burn Año Nuevo

An effigy on the name of the Old Year is made, which is called as Año Nuevo. It is ties up with fireworks, and at the point of clock ringing twelve, it is burnt. Also, people write their faults, or any feared bad luck on a piece of paper and throw it in the burning effigy. According to beliefs, doing so ensures liberty from all past troubles, sins, and mistakes, as well as bad luck.

Other prominent traditions include baking up a special New Year's bread, which has around coin placed inside it. At midnight, the head of the family cuts the bread, and distributes it among all the family members. Whosoever in the family gets the coin is considered to hold good luck for the entire coming year. There is another tradition, as a part of which a jewelry piece is put in champagne glass, which is toast at the arrival of New Year. Doing so ensures wealth and prosperity in the coming year.

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New Year is considered as a very prominent and special time by the natives of Colombia. Colombia is considered as a country with a blend of different rich customs, and traditions, which are pretty perceptible by the way with which people in Colombia engage and celebrate New Year.

Colombia, which is situated in the northwest part of South America, celebrates its New Year in accordance to the Georgian calendar, i.e. on January 1.

New Year Celebrations in Colombia

New Year celebrations in Colombia prominently begin at the midnight. Though, parties at discotheques as well as clubs begin much earlier in the evening of 31st December. Other than that, private parties are organized at homes, where close friends and members of the families are invited. Invitations are send out well in advance to ensure adequate attendance, as potentially, there are many people in the same circle holding New Year parties at the same time. The moment when New Year arrived, everyone wishes one another with good luck and congratulatory messages. Hugging and kissing everyone in the family is considered to be the traditional way with which Happy New Year or Feliz Año is wished.

Traditional New Year Celebrations in Colombia

Conventionally, there are number of customs and traditions which are followed by Colombian people at the time of New Year. Each of the traditions holds a certain significance of its own. While most of them can be considered to be inspired by the diverse Colombian culture, some of them might appear as if they are closer to superstitions than rather being traditional. Take a look at some of the most prominent New Year customs and traditions, as followed during the time of celebrations. One might not find someone following all of them or none of them in Colombia as a part of New Year celebrations.

Twelve Grapes

It calls for eating twelve grapes as soon as the clock turns twelve. Each grape is considered to be figure of a month of the New Year. With each grape, one can make a wish. The only clause it states that one has to finish eating all of them within the first minute of the New Year.

Yellow Underwear

It calls for wearing yellow underwear at the moment when New Year arrives. According to beliefs, doing so brings wealth and prosperity in the coming year. One wishing for double prosperity should reverse it and then wear it.

Twelve Shafts of Wheat

It calls for placing twelve shafts of wheat on the dinner table, as doing so ensures abundance of food to eat in the coming year.

Suitcase

It calls for running hard and fast around the house with a suitcase in hand, as doing so ensures travelling in the coming year.

Right Foot First

With clock turning twelve, the first step should be made with the right foot only, as doing so ensures positivity and right decisions in the coming year.

Money Proximity

It calls for keeping some amount of money in form of hard cash, either in hand or pocket, at the time when clock turns twelve. Doing so ensures financial security and stability in the coming year.

Clean Surroundings

It calls for absolute cleaning of households and surroundings on a day prior to New Year. Doing so ensures incoming of positive energy in house and family.

Lentils Luck

It calls for eating lentils along with rice on New Year's Eve. Doing so ensures an year of abundance.

Burn Año Nuevo

An effigy on the name of the Old Year is made, which is called as Año Nuevo. It is ties up with fireworks, and at the point of clock ringing twelve, it is burnt. Also, people write their faults, or any feared bad luck on a piece of paper and throw it in the burning effigy. According to beliefs, doing so ensures liberty from all past troubles, sins, and mistakes, as well as bad luck.

Other prominent traditions include baking up a special New Year's bread, which has around coin placed inside it. At midnight, the head of the family cuts the bread, and distributes it among all the family members. Whosoever in the family gets the coin is considered to hold good luck for the entire coming year. There is another tradition, as a part of which a jewelry piece is put in champagne glass, which is toast at the arrival of New Year. Doing so ensures wealth and prosperity in the coming year.

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New Year is considered as a very prominent and special time by the natives of Colombia. Colombia is considered as a country with a blend of different rich customs, and traditions, which are pretty perceptible by the way with which people in Colombia engage and celebrate New Year.

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