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ATTACHED SEPERATELY

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https://youtu.be/HYZBULGd7CU
Whenever I am having a hard time I play this song and rely on the lyrics and beat to make me feel better. Recently it has helped me deal with the death of my grandpa. He died in March 2021 and the rest of the year was very hard on my family and I. I am reminded that although it is very hard life goes on and you need to enjoy it to the fullest. I think that the purpose of life is to live it.

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Marc Anthony: Vivir mi vida (Lyrics in English & Spanish)

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J1Rv8ByeLmTT_hvnphu8AFxNbKVN1goC-rG_U0p2Z1U/edit?usp=sharing

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Wearing polka dots is said to bring good luck in the Philippines. According to Filipinos, the round goods will bring prosperity back.

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On New Year’s Eve, the Philippines is a mixture of noises since many feel that being peaceful will harm them in the following days. On the big day, they aim to be as loud as possible.

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On New Year’s Day all water jugs in the house are emptied and refilled with “Saint Basil’s water”. Saint Basil’s water is simply water collected on Saint Basil’s Day, sometimes blessed by a priest, some say this is done to keep evil spirits away from the house.The ceremony is often accompanied by giving offerings or gifts to Naiads (Water nymphs).

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Two Women of Ancient Greece Filling Their Water Jugs at a Fountain (women of Corinth) Painting by Henry Ryland

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As New Year is considered a lucky time, it’s the perfect excuse for a card-playing. The games go on for hours, starting early evening and lasting until midnight, usually at home but there are organized games in coffee shops and clubs.

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For many Danes, it is considered good luck to “jump into the new year” from the top of a chair or a couch. According to the tradition, this has to be just as the clock strikes midnight.

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A Danish New Year’s Eve is not right without the broadcasting of the old British-made comedy sketch Dinner for One.The phrase ‘Same procedure as last year’ is used repeatedly throughout the sketch. When the Danish tv-channel mistakingly chose not to run the sketch back in 1985, it resulted in complaints from disappointed Danes. After all, it has to be ‘the same procedure as last year’.

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In Japan families eat buckwheat soba noodles at midnight on New Year's Eve. This is to say goodbye to the year gone and welcome the year to come.

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When the clock hits midnight, they eat one grape for every toll of the clock. Some even prep their grapes to make sure they will be as efficient as possible when midnight comes.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfGkzDZWt-c

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In ancient Rome, people that believed that Janus  looked backwards into the previous year and ahead into the future, the Romans offered sacrifices to the deity and made promises of good conduct for the coming year.
The Babylonians, during a massive 12-day religious festival known as Akitu, also made promises to the gods to pay their debts and return any objects they had borrowed.

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Lighting fireworks is one of the most known tradition in the U.S. This happens when the clock strikes midnight. This tradition roots from the belief Ancient Romans had that if you started the year in a happy way, then the year would continue being that way. In modern days we follow the Roman's superstition by throwing big parties with elaborate fireworks displays every New Year's Eve.

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New Year's Day History and Traditions in the U.S

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New Year's Day History and Traditions in the U.S