The Year of Brilliance by Bryce Wicker https://padlet.com/wickerb87703/cjhr5zgab54x Happy New Year!! en-us 2019-01-11 18:34:04 UTC 2025-12-16 19:53:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/318319285/f22544696920e7d0354d564e9d3a2e26/download.jpeg Americas New Years History wickerb87703 https://padlet.com/wickerb87703/cjhr5zgab54x/wish/319817288  The Gregorian calendar marks January 1 as the new year. It is also adopted by the Roman Catholic Church. The month January is named after Janus, the god with two faces, one looking forward and one looking backward.]]> 2019-01-11 18:44:27 UTC https://padlet.com/wickerb87703/cjhr5zgab54x/wish/319817288 Americas New Year Traditions wickerb87703 https://padlet.com/wickerb87703/cjhr5zgab54x/wish/319821442 New Year's is the time when many people traditionally make resolutions to break bad habits or start good ones.

]]> 2019-01-11 18:52:27 UTC https://padlet.com/wickerb87703/cjhr5zgab54x/wish/319821442 Chinese New Year Tradition wickerb87703 https://padlet.com/wickerb87703/cjhr5zgab54x/wish/320457355 Fireworks are used to drive away the evil in China. Right after 12:00PM on New Year's Eve, fireworks will be launched to celebrate the coming of the New Year as well as to drive away the evil. It is believed that the person who launched the first firework of the New Year will obtain good luck.]]> 2019-01-14 18:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/wickerb87703/cjhr5zgab54x/wish/320457355 Morocco New Year Tradition wickerb87703 https://padlet.com/wickerb87703/cjhr5zgab54x/wish/320459343 New Year in Morocco is a time for resolutions. Families gather together and prepare a huge meal. They will then sit around, exchange greetings and gifts, and discuss their resolutions for the year ahead.]]> 2019-01-14 18:41:40 UTC https://padlet.com/wickerb87703/cjhr5zgab54x/wish/320459343 France New Year Tradition wickerb87703 https://padlet.com/wickerb87703/cjhr5zgab54x/wish/320463453 It is a common practice in France to give gifts of money to people who serve you on a regular basis: the mail carrier, the concierge of your apartment building, your local firemen, even the garbage man (les éboueurs). It’s the equivalent of their 13th month, and the French tend to be quite generous.


]]> 2019-01-14 18:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/wickerb87703/cjhr5zgab54x/wish/320463453 Food P.1 wickerb87703 https://padlet.com/wickerb87703/cjhr5zgab54x/wish/320465029 Pair black-eyed peas and greens with cornbread to make a fortune this year. As the Southern saying goes, “peas for pennies, greens for 
dollars, and cornbread for gold.”


Recipe for Corn Bread: 
2/3 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
3 large eggs, room temperature
1-2/3 cups 2% milk
2-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup cornmeal
4-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
]]> 2019-01-14 18:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/wickerb87703/cjhr5zgab54x/wish/320465029 Food P.2 wickerb87703 https://padlet.com/wickerb87703/cjhr5zgab54x/wish/320468529 Toshikoshi soba is the last meal that the people on japan eat because its long noodles represent a long life.

Recipe:
1.5 liters | kelp dashi stock (or bonito)
200 milliliters | soy sauce
100 milliliters | mirin
1 tablespoon | sugar
300 milliliters | tsuyu (optional)
200 grams | soba buckwheat noodles
100 grams | spring onions
20 grams | tempura flakes
150 grams | kamaboko fish cake (optional)]]> 2019-01-14 18:56:01 UTC https://padlet.com/wickerb87703/cjhr5zgab54x/wish/320468529 Video of New Year Food Traditions wickerb87703 https://padlet.com/wickerb87703/cjhr5zgab54x/wish/320592623 https://youtu.be/VzTsYWFKnQs]]> 2019-01-15 01:47:24 UTC https://padlet.com/wickerb87703/cjhr5zgab54x/wish/320592623 New year same me just better P.1 wickerb87703 https://padlet.com/wickerb87703/cjhr5zgab54x/wish/320592963 I don't have any regrets on anything that I did wrong over the year of 2018 because I learned from my mistakes and those are what make me a better person. But something I want to do again is go to Washington to see family I 
only saw once in my lifetime]]> 2019-01-15 01:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/wickerb87703/cjhr5zgab54x/wish/320592963 New Year Same me Just Better P.2 wickerb87703 https://padlet.com/wickerb87703/cjhr5zgab54x/wish/320593549 One thing I did learn was that I cant quit on myself because when I quit baseball over the summer I felt lonely and so out of place. I became very sad and didn't care about anything. So as soon as I got back into it I was myself and felt more energized. ]]> 2019-01-15 01:52:37 UTC https://padlet.com/wickerb87703/cjhr5zgab54x/wish/320593549