Learning about New Year’s Traditions at Your Apartment near The Villages, FL

There are many different traditions people all over the world celebrate on both New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Some of these traditions have been carried over for hundreds of years and are popular throughout the world, while others are newer and only celebrated by a small number of people. Here are some common New Year’s traditions practiced in the United States:

• Watching the ball drop in New York City’s Times Square – At exactly 11:59 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, a 1,070-lb. ball made of Waterford Crystal descends down a 70-foot pole, arriving at the bottom exactly at midnight.

• Eating black-eyed peas– Eating these on New Year’s Day is considered to give someone good luck throughout the year. Most people enjoy their black-eyed peas with collard, turnip, or mustard greens.

• Singing Auld Lang Syne – This well-known song, which is actually a poem written by Robert Burns in 1788, is sung just after midnight to bid goodbye to the previous year.

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