Wednesday, December 22, 2010

New Years Traditions

Kissing at Midnight

In some cultures, there is a tradition of kissing someone at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve. When the clock strikes twelve, couples spontaneously embrace for a kiss to celebrate the upcoming year. Some hold superstition that failing to kiss someone when the ball drops ensures a year of loneliness. Whether this is true or not, most people kiss their significant other in joyous celebration of the beginning of a New Year.



When celebrating at a Scottish Hogmanay party, it is custom to try and give a kiss to everyone in the room after the stroke of midnight "the bells"