Ring in the New Year: Celebrate 2021!

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The thread revolves around the celebration of New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, with participants sharing their countdown experiences, resolutions, and traditions. The discussion includes various personal anecdotes and cultural practices related to the New Year.

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  • Some participants express excitement about the upcoming New Year, sharing countdowns and greetings.
  • There are humorous suggestions about how to celebrate, including drinking and eating traditions.
  • Several participants mention personal New Year's resolutions, with varying degrees of commitment and humor.
  • Some discuss cultural traditions, such as eating specific foods for luck and wearing certain colors.
  • A few participants question the timing of New Year's celebrations, suggesting alternative dates based on cultural or astronomical reasoning.
  • There are playful exchanges about the absurdity of certain New Year traditions and the nature of celebrations.

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Participants generally share a festive spirit, but there are competing views regarding the significance and timing of New Year's celebrations, with no consensus reached on the "correct" New Year.

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Some discussions reference personal traditions and superstitions that may not be universally understood or accepted, highlighting cultural variations in New Year celebrations.

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Readers interested in cultural traditions, personal anecdotes related to New Year celebrations, or those looking for light-hearted discussions about holiday practices may find this thread engaging.

  • #31
Math Is Hard said:
Mom keeps telling me I'm supposed to wear red underwear on New Year's Eve to be lucky in love. She says it is a Mexican tradition.
Only if you want a Mexican in your underwear. :rolleyes:

Ivan said:
Party in Ivan's closet!
WOOHOO! MIH, pack up those beans & greens, we're heading to Ivan's! :-p
 
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  • #32
Evo said:
Only if you want a Mexican in your underwear.
LOL! Ay carrrrrumba!:smile:

Ivan Seeking said:
Hey, due to the ban on pseudoephedrine, I have a closet full of Nyquil...probably close to a small keg!
Party in Ivan's closet!
Sweet! I'll bring the maraschino cherries! :cool: (And the beans and greens - and maybe some Beano, too.)

p.s. Happy Birthday, Gabrielle!:smile: Did they put the Baby New Year sash on you and take your picture when you were born? My friend's little boy was born Jan 1 and she sent me some pics of him dressed up like that. So cute!
 
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  • #33
Happy New Year everyone!
 
  • #34
You people are confused, New years, is in march!

http://persia.org/Culture/nowruz.html

That new year makes more sense to me, it occurs on the vernal equinox. Our new year is not even based on the day of birth of christ, which would seem more logical. What made our New Years revolve around the start of January? I'm guessing cesar had something to do with it.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year


chinese new year makes more sense to me too. It occurs on a solstice.
 
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  • #35
cyrusabdollahi said:
You people are confused, New years, is in march!
Okay, I'll give you your shrimp in March. :devil:
 
  • #36
Happy New Year! Happy 2006! :smile: :biggrin: :smile: :cool: :-p
 
  • #37
Why do you Europeans get to be a whole year ahead of us? Not fair.
 
  • #38
Okay, I'll give you your shrimp in March.

Two can play at that game! No capsian sea caviar for you!
 
  • #39
How many times do you have to eat caviar before is stops tasting like slippery, fishy salt?I keep trying it, but I keep giving it to the cat.
 
  • #40
tribdog said:
How many times do you have to eat caviar before is stops tasting like slippery, fishy salt?I keep trying it, but I keep giving it to the cat.
I love the cheap black lumpfish caviar. I mix it into sour cream and top Waverly Wafers with it, then give it a squirt of fresh lemon.

OMG, I LOVE that stuff!
 
  • #41
I think 2006 won't be too optimistic, oil price will soar above $70, more crisis in the middle east, a few more terrorist's blasts to kill hundreds people etc...
 
  • #42
Oil prices will soar above $70
For a gallon? :bugeye:

more crisis in the middle east
People don't notice this "Jihad," is a fad that has been going on for over a thousand years. Its nothing new. One time they almost took over Spain and Portugal. :frown:
 
  • #43
Happy new years everyone. Don't kill anyone I wouldn't kill.
 
  • #44
Evo said:
I love the cheap black lumpfish caviar. I mix it into sour cream and top Waverly Wafers with it, then give it a squirt of fresh lemon.
OMG, I LOVE that stuff!
Is that the caviar you can buy in the grocery store instead of some fancy gourmet type shop? If so, that's the one I like too. I put it on cream cheese on crackers...I love how it "pops" in your mouth. Yummy. I only tried it for the first time last New Years, and had to have more. :biggrin:
 
  • #45
Moonbear said:
Is that the caviar you can buy in the grocery store instead of some fancy gourmet type shop? If so, that's the one I like too. I put it on cream cheese on crackers...I love how it "pops" in your mouth. Yummy. I only tried it for the first time last New Years, and had to have more. :biggrin:
Yep, that's the one.
 
  • #46
Mk said:
For a gallon? :bugeye:

Per barrel

Sprinter said oil prices, not gas prices.
 
  • #47
Happy New Year EVERYBODY! I'm too tired to figure out who's had it and who hasn't yet (I'm guessing UK has, US hasn't). Oz certainly has. Its 2 pm here and I'm still up. V tired. Can't chat too much. It will come out weird. I mean, different to my normal weird. Everything's great here and its 41 C. The wind is like a damn hair dryer.

Have a great 2006 y'all. I'm about to go for a splash about then snooze this Sydney heat wave away.

New year's resolutions anybody?

I'll start off:

1. Go to bed.
2. Get a tan.
3. Get a tan bed.

Loveness to you all.

El Hombre
 
  • #48
Happy New Year EHI!

We all knew you were hot. :-p
 
  • #49
I think New Years is somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean right now.
 
  • #50
ok now i am sure everyone has had their new Year begun. Happy new year to all. Let it bring u all great Success.
 
  • #51
It's 8:40 PM new year's eve here
 
  • #52
benzun_1999 said:
ok now i am sure everyone has had their new Year begun. Happy new year to all. Let it bring u all great Success.
Not quite yet...a few more hours to go. I've got about an hour and 20 min here, and then it's 3 more hours across the Continental US. I don't know the time difference across the rest of the Pacific until it hits the International Date line.
 
  • #54
That was...wrong
 
  • #55
Who me!? what!
 
  • #56
  • #57
Happy New Year from the Eastern Time Zone!
 
  • #58
Happy New Year! :smile:
 
  • #59
Happy New Year East Coast-erners!

It doesn't let you do all capitals.

©Mk et al.
 
  • #60
Happy new year weirdos!
 

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