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New Year, Lasting Traditions Another new year begins, and all around the world peo-ple will be popping champagne, singing “Auld Lang Syne,” and kissing loved ones at the stroke of midnight. But just why, exactly, do we repeat these New Year’s traditions year after year?

Bubbly champagne is the drink of choice on New Year’s. Its invention is often credited to Dom Perignon, the Benedictine monk who oversaw the wine cellars of his abbey in the year 1697. While others saw bubbles as a problematic sign that wine had spoiled, Perignon per-fected the production of this new fermented drink known as champagne. From its beginnings in the abbey cellar, champagne was regularly used in religious celebrations such as consecrations and coronations. It then made the natural transition to secular celebrations, most notably at the soirees of the French aristocracy. As champagne be-came cheaper and more accessible, it became the classi-est beverage to offer during the holidays.

Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns penned the words to “Auld Lang Syne” in 1788 and sent them to the Scots Musical Museum, requesting that his lyrics be set to an old Scottish folk tune. The phrase auld lang syne roughly translates to “for old times’ sake,” and, fittingly, the nostalgic song is about preserving friend-ships. The tune was often sung at funerals, farewells, and other group celebrations. It finally made it to America in 1929, when the Guy Lombardo

Orchestra played it at a New Year’s celebration in New York’s Roosevelt Hotel.

No New Year’s party is complete without a kiss at the stroke of midnight. In ancient times, the winter dark-ness was the domain of evil spirits. At New Year’s masquerade balls, scary masks were torn off at midnight, and a kiss was shared as an act of purification to chase away malign spirits. For centuries, New Year’s has been a time of celebration, nostalgia, and hope.

Quote of the Day “We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We

are going to put words on them ourselves. The book

is called Opportunity and its first chapter is

New Year’s Day.”

Daily Trivia The song

“Auld Lang Syne” was composed by

Robert Burns sometime in the 1700s.

The term means “old long ago.”

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Spain

In Spain, it is customary to eat 12 grapes – one at each stroke of the clock at

midnight on New Year’s Eve. Each grape represents good luck for one month

of the coming year. In bigger cities like Madrid and Barcelona, people gather

in main squares to eat their grapes together and pass around bottles of cava.

Colombia

In hopes of a travel-filled new year, residents of Colombia carry empty

suitcases around the block. That’s one New Year’s tradition we can get behind!

Denmark

Residents of Denmark greet the New Year by throwing old plates and glasses

against the doors of family and friends to banish bad spirits. They also stand on

chairs and jump off of them together at midnight to “leap” into January in

hopes of good luck.

Finland

In Finland, people predict the coming year by casting molten tin into a contain-

er of water, then interpreting the shape the metal takes after hardening. A heart

New Year, Lasting Traditions

Scotland

During Scotland’s New Year’s Eve celebration of Hogmanay, “first-footing” is

practiced across the country. The first person who crosses a threshold of a home

in the New Year should carry a gift for luck. Scots also hold bonfire ceremonies

where people parade while swinging giant fireballs on poles, supposedly sym-

bols of the sun, to purify the coming year.

A deep, disnct call (hoo, h’HOO,

hoo, hoo) earned great horned owls

the nickname “hoot owl.” These

muscular, nocturnal owls live in

monogamous pairs, using this

code of hoots to locate each other.

Their piercing yellow eyes adapt

to low light, and a unique auditory

hunng skills. Great horned owls

can detect the milliseconds it

takes a sound to travel from one

ear to the other. They turn their

heads unl the sound enters

both ears simultaneously. At that

point, they can home in on the

exact locaon of prey, usually

rodents, but occasionally skunk,

porcupine, or other raptors.

Rather than building nests,

great horned owls scout out

abandoned ones and spruce

them up with grass, twigs,

and their own breast feathers.

They are wonderfully adaptable,

living in every U.S. state in

woodlands, swamps, mountains,

suburban parks, and even empty

city buildings.

Bird of the Month – Snowbird

Flower – Carnaon This month’s flower is as rich in history

and significance as it is diverse—and

with around 300 species, that’s saying

something! Their genus, Dianthus, means

“flower of the gods,” which explains why

they

were a favorite among early Romans, who

made

them into celebratory wreaths. According to

some

sources, these pre2y petals first grew from

the

patches of earth where Mary’s tears fell

a3er Christ’s crucifixion. Because of this, car-

naons have come to

represent a mother’s love.

Interesngly, carnaons were

used in the

first Mother’s Day celebraon in

1908

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