New Years!! by Carley Tawbush

American New Year's Traditions

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Resolutions

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Many Americans write new years resolutions. The resolutions are things they want to accomplish in the new year.

German New Year's Traditions

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Fireworks

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Germans usually light fireworks on new years. Some believe that the fireworks drive out evil spirits.

Melting tin or lead

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Melting tin or lead in a spoon is believed to bring good luck to Germans.

Mexican New Year's Traditions

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Throwing water out of a window

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Mexicans will throw water out of a window on new years to get rid of the old things from the past year.

Fireworks

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Mexicans also light fireworks on new years.

Sweden New Year's Traditions

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Family dinner

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The Swedish will all gather with their families and have dinner together.

Lights over cities

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Lights are turned on all over the city in Sweden on new years.

12 grapes on New Years

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Eating 12 grapes on new years is believed to give good luck.

Round shaped sweets on New Years

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Rounded sweets are served to bring the new year into a "full circle".

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My New Year's Resolutions

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My new years resolutions involve focusing on school and studying more. To accomplish these goals, I plan on not letting things distract me when I'm busy with school.

What I've Learned This Past Year

tawbushc8236 — 2024-01-11 16:30:24 UTC

From this past year, I learned to try new things and meet new people. Starting this year, I lived in Mississippi with the same people. In the middle of the year, I moved here to Georgia and went to a new school with a whole new set of people to go through with it.

Song representing my year

tawbushc8236 — 2024-01-11 16:36:28 UTC

A song that represents 2023 for me would be Back to December by Taylor Swift. After moving away from all of my friends in Mississippi, going back to the previous December to visit them again is something I'd love to do.