New Year's Traditions

New Year’s Eve traditions are common everywhere. For instance, in Brazil, it’s traditional to wear white – it represents peace and good luck for the upcoming year. In this article, you’ll get to know more about four fun New Year’s traditions around the world.

In Spain and other Spanish speaking countries, it’s traditional to eat twelve grapes for every stroke of the clock at midnight. Each grape represents good luck for every month of the upcoming year. However, if you fail to eat one or two grapes, you will face misfortune. Better be careful!

In Colombia, there's a new year's tradition in which you take an empty suitcase and run around the block with it. It's supposed to bring you trips and adventures.

In Greece, people traditionally hang an onion on their doors as a symbol of the rebirth of the New Year. On the first day of the year, the parents take down the onion and wake their children up by whacking their heads with it. Talk about an awful way to wake up!

In Finland, people melt a piece of tin and put it in a bucket of cold water. The tin then changes shape, and people try to predict the future by looking at it. For instance, if it melts into a heart, you are likely to find a new love in the upcoming year. If it melts into a ship, it means you’ll travel.

Whatever tradition people have, they all have one thing in common: hope. It just goes to show how human beings have more in common than they may think.