New Year's customs in each country are different. If you didn't know or didn't have the opportunity to witness a different New Year's Eve celebration, we offer you a handful of customs practiced in different countries around the world.
Germans can't imagine a New Year's Eve celebration without fireworks, so in Germany every year for the coldest night, it's spent the most on pyrotechnics (about 100 million euros).
Australians differ only in that they secure their New Year's Eve happiness with a good dessert - a menthol ice cream served in a four-leaf clover arrangement.
In the UK it is also important how many back home you have. As it is customary to open the front door at midnight for the new year's happiness to come into your home, it is also a good idea to have a guard at the door to make sure that guests come in. If more guests come at once, the first to enter must be the one who brings the gifts.
- New Year's Dutch people eat donuts because they think donuts are a symbol of happiness and well-being.
The Spaniards are eating midnight 12 thorns, which symbolizes happiness in the next 12 months.
- Greeks, as well as Norwegians, put a coin in New Year's bread.
- Sicilians believe that they will be happy to eat lasagna on New Year's Eve. Eating any other pasta brings misfortune.
- Brazilians in the New Year are wearing white clothes that symbolize peace.
- In North America, the custom of giving kisses from various dances and parties under masks is accepted. Traditionally, masks symbolize evil spirits from the old year, and the kiss represents purification and transition to a better New Year.
