New Years Traditions

[NewEnglandGirl]

Either the Eve or the Day. Do you have any? Are they personal, family, regional, cultural? Food or activity based? Kink or non-kink?

Inquiring minds, and all that!

 

[kotori]

Roast pork was always the meal of the day on January 1st. After church: it's a Roman Catholic Holy Day of Obligation, Feast of the Circumcision. I don't know what it says about cultural modification that we ate pork to celebrate a bris, but there you have it.

 

[NewEnglandGirl]

Roast pork was always the meal of the day on January 1st. After church: it's a Roman Catholic Holy Day of Obligation, Feast of the Circumcision. I don't know what it says about cultural modification that we ate pork to celebrate a bris, but there you have it.

*snort* I'm not sure I would have caught that connection, so there ya go. And with that, I'm off to google the Feast of the Circumcision - be back shortly!

 

[kotori]

*snort* I'm not sure I would have caught that connection, so there ya go. And with that, I'm off to google the Feast of the Circumcision - be back shortly!

Yes, the nuns really had a difficult time explaining that one without referring explicitly to the sacred penis. Maybe that's why Christmas holidays extended into the first week of January.

 

[NewEnglandGirl]

Yes, the nuns really had a difficult time explaining that one without referring explicitly to the sacred penis. Maybe that's why Christmas holidays extended into the first week of January.

Too funny! And googling (or more correctly, bing-ing) revealed to this non-Christian that it meant exactly what it sounded like it meant... Although, that's not 8 days? Okay, now I'm trying to picture nuns, say a century or so ago, trying not to think about something they have (hopefully) never seen while still being very devout.

 

[kotori]

Too funny! And googling (or more correctly, bing-ing) revealed to this non-Christian that it meant exactly what it sounded like it meant... Although, that's not 8 days? Okay, now I'm trying to picture nuns, say a century or so ago, trying not to think about something they have (hopefully) never seen while still being very devout.

Sure, Jan. 1 is the eighth day after Christmas. A century ago? I'm talking my lifetime. Which is half a century, I guess. Never mind.

 

[NewEnglandGirl]

Sure, Jan. 1 is the eighth day after Christmas. A century ago? I'm talking my lifetime. Which is half a century, I guess. Never mind.

*snort* My fingers are sayin' 7, unless you count the 25th as the first day... which is probably how it actually works... so... carry on, then.

And yes, we are resorting to finger counting.

Kotori, I am hoping that at least some nuns born around the same time as us may have at least glimpsed - if not real penii, at least facsimile thereof - at some point before committing themselves to God. The generation prior to us? Not likely. But our generation? We may have been pre-computer-pr0n in our youth, but we were at least somewhat wordly. Are worldly. And still young. Definitely still young. *nods*

 

[bernett69]

every year the family gathers at my grandmothers for a little party. that's been the tradition for as long as I can remember.

we always a great time on the first there.

 

[NewEnglandGirl]

every year the family gathers at my grandmothers for a little party. that's been the tradition for as long as I can remember.

we always a great time on the first there.

That's wonderful! Do you have favorite foods or activities, or is it pretty much whatever suits the mood each year?

 

[kotori]

*snort* My fingers are sayin' 7, unless you count the 25th as the first day... which is probably how it actually works... so... carry on, then.

And yes, we are resorting to finger counting.

Kotori, I am hoping that at least some nuns born around the same time as us may have at least glimpsed - if not real penii, at least facsimile thereof - at some point before committing themselves to God. The generation prior to us? Not likely. But our generation? We may have been pre-computer-pr0n in our youth, but we were at least somewhat wordly. Are worldly. And still young. Definitely still young. *nods*

Oh yeah, yeah...the "First day of Christmas" (like in the song) is Christmas Day.

I don't know; I guess they've all seen Sister Wendy's Art History programmes, and there's plenty of pre-computer-pr0n in that.

 

[EllieTalbot]

At midnight, my brothers, sister and I would scamper outside barefoot and run around a big spruce tree in our front yard. Whatever the last digit of the new year was, that's how many times we'd circle the tree (on "0" years it would be ten rounds) and then there would be a last lap run backwards. Yes, it had to be barefoot.

"Our parents used to make us run barefoot in the snow at midnight!"

Sounds demented, but it was actually a lot of fun.

Shrieking by the Spruce,
Ellie

 

[bernett69]

That's wonderful! Do you have favorite foods or activities, or is it pretty much whatever suits the mood each year?

oh yes, she cooks up a storm. lots and lots of Horderves and Appetizers.

there are the usual activities that take place and the fun rituals. its always a great time for all

 

[NewEnglandGirl]

Oh yeah, yeah...the "First day of Christmas" (like in the song) is Christmas Day.

I don't know; I guess they've all seen Sister Wendy's Art History programmes, and there's plenty of pre-computer-pr0n in that.

I'm starting to think about how much religious art from the Renaissance (and earlier) had nekked men in it... Yeah, nuns still saw facsimiles thereof. Oh, and duh! at the first day of Christmas and so forth. I'm such a literal goofball.

At midnight, my brothers, sister and I would scamper outside barefoot and run around a big spruce tree in our front yard. Whatever the last digit of the new year was, that's how many times we'd circle the tree (on "0" years it would be ten rounds) and then there would be a last lap run backwards. Yes, it had to be barefoot.

"Our parents used to make us run barefoot in the snow at midnight!"

Sounds demented, but it was actually a lot of fun.

Shrieking by the Spruce,
Ellie

That sounds wonderful, Ellie! You definitely grew up in a warmer climate than I did!

oh yes, she cooks up a storm. lots and lots of Horderves and Appetizers.

there are the usual activities that take place and the fun rituals. its always a great time for all

Sounds fabulous. My family didn't have rituals - I am envious of those who do.

Plus, there's regional rituals... The South has something about beans and some other foods? Greens maybe? And someone was telling me today about something to do with eating cabbage to increase wealth?

 

[piccicatopolka]

New Year's Eve is a day at the beach to cleanse the soul. Watching the Rose Bowl Parade on TV is a New Year's Day tradition but now its going to be on Monday and I have to work.

Have a great new year everyone!

 

[NewEnglandGirl]

New Year's Eve is a day at the beach to cleanse the soul. Watching the Rose Bowl Parade on TV is a New Year's Day tradition but now its going to be on Monday and I have to work.

Have a great new year everyone!

You lucky left coast lady! Rub your toes in the sand just a teensy bit for us semi-frigid (temp only, tyvm) New Englanders? And I'm so sorry you have to work.

 

[piccicatopolka]

I did today actually so thanks. It was sunny and brisk at Dillon Beach. Glad to have a job at all. Its a minimal commute with decent pay and good benefits.

All the best to those seeking work!

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[Sinny]

I refuse to leave the house on NYE. Seafood for dinner, then movie-athon with the child - our tradition. The neighbors will blow off fireworks at midnight and we'll go outside to watch, and hopefully nobody will lose an eye or a finger. Oh, I forgot the best part. Chocolate fountain.

Tomorrow morning, we'll go to breakfast.

I don't think I've gone out on a NYE since my early 30s.

 

[phrodeau]

*snort* My fingers are sayin' 7, unless you count the 25th as the first day... which is probably how it actually works... so... carry on, then.

And yes, we are resorting to finger counting.

Kotori, I am hoping that at least some nuns born around the same time as us may have at least glimpsed - if not real penii, at least facsimile thereof - at some point before committing themselves to God. The generation prior to us? Not likely. But our generation? We may have been pre-computer-pr0n in our youth, but we were at least somewhat wordly. Are worldly. And still young. Definitely still young. *nods*

They count the same at Easter when Sunday is the "third" day after Friday.

 

[phrodeau]

Here's a New Year's tradition in the making:

http://www.galesburg.com/news/x1980207364/Pair-face-charges-after-nude-drive-thru-stunt

GALESBURG —The Associated Press
Posted Dec 30, 2011 @ 12:41 PM

Two people in western Illinois are facing charges after pulling up to a McDonald's drive-thru completely nude.

Police in Galesburg say a 19-year-old El Paso man and a 21-year-old Galesburg woman were released from Knox County Jail after being ordered to appear in court to face public indecency charges.

Police reports state that the duo was still in the McDonald's parking lot when officers arrived just before 2 a.m. Wednesday. Police say the man was crouched over in the driver's seat trying to put on a pair of pants, while his passenger was covering up in a blanket.

The pair told officers that the late night fast-food run might not have been a great idea, but they both still thought it was funny.

 

[Bert Notorius]

Here's a New Year's tradition in the making:

http://www.galesburg.com/news/x1980207364/Pair-face-charges-after-nude-drive-thru-stunt

Been done before. And I know who did it. Only they ran through the building.

In Galesburg.

 

[NewEnglandGirl]

I did today actually so thanks. It was sunny and brisk at Dillon Beach. Glad to have a job at all. Its a minimal commute with decent pay and good benefits.

All the best to those seeking work!

Indeed. What you have posted about your job made it sound like a really fun one. And my heart goes out to those who are seeking.

I refuse to leave the house on NYE. Seafood for dinner, then movie-athon with the child - our tradition. The neighbors will blow off fireworks at midnight and we'll go outside to watch, and hopefully nobody will lose an eye or a finger. Oh, I forgot the best part. Chocolate fountain.

Tomorrow morning, we'll go to breakfast.

I don't think I've gone out on a NYE since my early 30s.

The last time I went "out" for NYE, I was pregnant with The Son, who is now 26. For more years than I can count, we hosted weekend-long parties for his teenage/young adult friends and cousins - the rule was that they handed me their car keys as they walked in the door. There is little better than spending New Years with our kids... treasure your sweetie while young.

 

[NewEnglandGirl]

Here's a New Year's tradition in the making:

http://www.galesburg.com/news/x1980207364/Pair-face-charges-after-nude-drive-thru-stunt

Been done before. And I know who did it. Only they ran through the building.

In Galesburg.

Modern day streaking! I approve!

 

[sweepthefloor]

My friend never forgets to tell me Happy New Minute.

 

[NewEnglandGirl]

My friend never forgets to tell me Happy New Minute.

Oh, I love this.

 

[kotori]

...I don't think I've gone out on a NYE since my early 30s.

Hell, I haven't gone out on a NYE since everybody's early '30s. FDR had just been elected, but didn't take office until March (before the law was changed to January).

It was cold that winter in New York; I was working the docks in Brooklyn—when I was working at all—doing the morning shape-up, hoping like Christ for a ship to come in, literally. We were living in a cold-water flat just up the hill in Sunset Park, not a bad place, four rooms, eighteen bucks a month, make your own heat. We'd send the kids out in the afternoon to walk the tracks and pick up coals that fell off the tenders.

Nobody "went out" much in those days, not New Year's Eve or any eve. Some of the Finns down the hall usually had their thing going and the other Micks and meself would head down to a dive on Fourth Avenue to lift a jar and sing "Galway Bay" before coming back for a bit of a hoolly with the gang in the building.