At midnight tonight, we will bid goodbye to year 2009 and welcome the new year 2010 with much to thank and hope for. It is time to reflect upon the activities last year and evaluate what one has achieved, missed, forgotten to do, and what he/she thinks should be done in the incoming year.
Everyone is hopeful for a great new year. Hence, New Year’s resolutions are the most popular traditional topics. Many people, most frequently, aspire to get in shape, save more money and spend more time with family and friends. There are many other resolutions made, but they are personal so individuals who resolve them keep their resolutions to themselves only. Everybody hopes that the new year will bring prosperity and success.
Other traditions include New Year’s Eve dinners, parties, eating certain foods for good luck, watching the Times Square Ball drop and toasting with champagne. Music is also a big tradition and the song Auld Lang Syne brings in the New Year for many people.
People will ring in the incoming new year with celebrations. Some are elegant sit-down dinners and some are on-your-feet-dancing parties. Many are a combination of the two. However, with the tight economy, a number of people will plan to stay at home and enjoy dinner with family and frends.
Most people make a special dinner built around good-fortune foods. There are many foods that are supposed to bring luck, like black-eyed peas, collard greens and ham. They are often made into a soup called, “Good Fortune Soup.” Still others collect twelve kinds of round fruits to be served during the midnigt meal.
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