New Year’s Eve is usually celebrated with parties, fireworks, and other festive activities. In many cultures, it is also a time for making resolutions for the coming year, and for looking back on the past year. One somewhat unusual tradition that takes place on New Year’s Eve in some parts of the world is the […]
New Year’s Eve superstitions
Traditionally, New Year’s Eve is a time for superstitions and rituals believed to bring good luck in the coming year. Some people believe that eating certain foods, such as beans, lentils, or pork, can bring prosperity and good fortune. Others believe that performing certain actions, such as wearing red underwear or jumping over waves at […]
Dropping a ball to mark the start of the New Year
In Times Square in New York City, the tradition of dropping a ball to mark the start of the New Year has been a longstanding tradition. The first ball drop was held on December 31, 1907, and it has been a staple of New Year’s Eve celebrations in Times Square ever since. The ball is […]
The ancient Roman festival of Saturnalia
The ancient Roman festival of Saturnalia, which took place in December, was a time of revelry and inversion of social norms. During the festival, slaves and masters would swap places, with slaves being treated to elaborate feasts and given temporary freedom to speak their minds. The festival was also marked by gambling, drinking, and gift-giving, […]
New Year’s resolutions
The tradition of making New Year’s resolutions dates back to ancient Babylon, where it was believed that the gods would bestow good fortune upon those who demonstrated a willingness to improve themselves. The ancient Babylonians would make promises to their gods at the start of the year to pay off debts, return borrowed items, and […]
New Year in ancient Rome
In ancient Rome, the celebration of the New Year was held on March 1st, and it was a time of purification and renewal. The Romans believed that the start of the New Year was a time to put the past behind them and start fresh, and they would celebrate by making offerings to the gods, […]
The residents of the Spanish village…
The residents of the Spanish village Villar de Corneja near Avila, where the average age is 75, toast the New Year 12 hours before the rest of their countrymen in a collective decision to get to bed at a decent hour.
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The New Year’s Confetti at Times Square…
The New Year’s Confetti at Times Square are literally made of people’s hopes and dreams; the Times Square Visitor Center wall is open year round for people to put Post-Its up with their next-year’s wishes, which are made into confetti.
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These New Year’s Resolution Tweets Should Leave You Laughing
It’s now 2020, so you know what that means…resolutions that we’re gonna stick to for maybe a week or so and then completely forget about!
Hey, don’t be too hard on yourself…it’s the way it goes.
Here are some tweets about New Year’s resolutions that I think will look very familiar to a lot of you…
1. Dammit…
New year
resolution
End of the year https://t.co/x6AHXMei8J— Daddddy is high
(@Daddyistwenty) December 25, 2019
2. Two sides of the coin.
SAYING YOU ARE MAKING A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION
• predictable & boring
• nobody wants to hear about itSAYING YOU "THINK THE TIDES ARE TURNING"
• what the hell does that mean?
• are you some kind of ocean wizard?
• you seem mysterious & powerful— Roxi Horror
(@roxiqt) December 26, 2019
3. Me, too.
i don’t have a New Years resolution because i perfected myself in 2019 and have absolutely no issues, concerns, fears, personal debt, vendettas, grudges, or food allergies at all nope nothing whatsoever
— Jackson Rickun (@JacksonRickun) December 31, 2019
4. That didn’t last long.
New Years resolutions be like : pic.twitter.com/kVqaTnzBQl
— ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕔𝕜-𝕗𝕚𝕝-𝔸 𝕌𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕙𝕒
(@CrispyAnime) December 28, 2019
5. That sounds familiar…
my only two new years resolutions are to:
1) release my inhibitions
2) feel the rain on my skin— liz (@liz_haydon) January 1, 2020
6. I think that’s possible.
My New Years resolutions are to eat better, stop drinking so much, save more, and transcend the limitations of human flesh, becoming one with the hidden, unblinking eye that hovers over the earth.
— Greg Newkirk
(@nuekerk) December 31, 2019
7. You can do it!
My resolution, and I think it’s doable, is to run so fast into a chain link fence that I come out as cubes.
— Daniel Kibblesmith (@kibblesmith) January 1, 2020
8. No more of that.
Just saw a dude carrying lettuce in one hand & more lettuce in a bag in his other hand and he was taking bites of the hand lettuce like it was a nice treat. So my resolution for 2020 is I don’t want to see that ever again.
— Chris Calogero (@RealChrisCal) December 31, 2019
9. Good luck to you.
my new year’s resolution is to put my clothes back on the hangers after i try 8 different outfits outta the closet lol
— 𝖇𝖚𝖓𝖓𝐲 (@brendonisdead) December 29, 2019
10. Hmmmm…might happen?
my new years resolution is to continue being a cutie fuckin patootie
— Matt. (@MattTheBrand) December 29, 2019
11. Still no ass?
ANOTHER YEAR WITH NO ASS. IM FINNA CHANGE MY RESOLUTION
— Nicole Tv (@kaylanicolejo) December 30, 2019
12. Just don’t think. Ever.
my new year resolution is to simply stop thinking fuck a thought
— H (@heavybagofbones) December 30, 2019
13. You might be the only one.
My new years resolution pic.twitter.com/lLeBd43mIe
— Spike the Allosaur (@SpikeAllosaur) December 28, 2019
14. Nice and wholesome.
Person: Any big resolutions for the new year?
Me: Fuck more, cry less
— Girls Gotta Eat Podcast (@Girls_GottaEat) December 30, 2019
What are your New Year’s Resolutions?
Even if you’ve already broken them, share them with us in the comments!
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On New Year’s Eve 2014, 835 of 1000…
On New Year’s Eve 2014, 835 of 1000 police officers meant to be on duty in Rome phoned in sick. 00