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Happy Sunday Travel
Lovers! In the spirit of the season – and the fact that we're all ready for 2020 to be over – we're taking a look at some interesting New Year's Eve traditions from around the world.
Have you tried any of these traditions? Did we skip over your favorite way to ring in the new year? Hit reply and let us know!
Love,
The DFC Team
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In Spain, it’s customary to celebrate New Year’s Eve by eating 12 grapes at the stroke of midnight, one for prosperity in each month of the upcoming year.
But this one isn’t as easy as it sounds.
You’ve got to eat one grape for each bell strike at midnight and you must finish before the bell stops chiming, or else you could risk bad luck in the upcoming year.
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💦 World's biggest water gun fight
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While this one does indeed celebrate the new year, it doesn't actually fall on December 31st.
Songkran, also known as the Buddhist New Year, is celebrated every April. The holiday is probably best known as “the world’s biggest water fight” celebrated in Thailand, along with neighboring Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia.
Traditionally, the water aspect of Songkran is meant to symbolize purification and washing away the previous year. Today, the holiday has grown into a 3-day celebration
that spills into the streets of Thailand, where people dressed in colorful clothing fill whatever they can find – buckets, super soakers, cups – and splash passing strangers.
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🧳 An empty suitcase brings a year of travels
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As travelers, this is one new year’s tradition we can definitely get behind.
When the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, Colombians and Ecuadorians take to the streets with their empty suitcases in hand. Then, they run (or walk) around the block in hopes that it will bring a year full of travels and adventures.
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🩲 Wearing colorful underwear for good luck
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In several Latin American countries, the color of your underwear can tell you a lot about what kind of year you’re going to have.
In places like Brazil, Bolivia, Mexico, and Colombia, shops and street merchants begin selling colored underwear the day after Christmas so that revelers can choose their underwear based on their hopes for the new year. Red underwear is for love and romance while yellow is said to bring wealth and good fortune. Choose wisely!
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⭕️ All about the round things
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In the Philippines, it’s all about the round things during New Year's, as circles are meant to represent wealth and prosperity. During this time of year, Polka dots are a popular fashion choice, pockets jingle with round coins, and round foods are a must eat. In fact, it’s customary to collect and eat 12 round fruits for the holiday, one for each month of the year.
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🥔 Falling potatoes, pickles, and peeps
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Everyone is familiar with the time-honored tradition of watching the Times Square Ball Drop every New
Year’s Eve. But it turns out that New York City isn’t the only place that can throw a memorable countdown party. In fact, cities all over the country have created their own crazy versions of the ball drop.
Some of the delightfully bizarre "drops" include the Boise Potato Drop, the Mt. Olive Pickle Drop, the Bethlehem Peeps Drop, and the Mobile Moonpie Drop. America clearly has no shortage of creative ways to ring in the new year.
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