New Year’s Traditions
Happy 2010 everyone! Cory and I had a blast rolling in the new year with friends. Can you believe it’s the start of a new decade?! Are you where you thought you would be ten years ago? Things are even better than I thought they would be ten years ago!
After all the new years kisses, we had a champagne toast at midnight with plastic cups (classy!) under the fireworks! Although I had a couple glasses of wine, new years day I felt great thanks to drinking lots of water in between drinks. Every year my mom makes the traditional “lucky” new years day dinner… black eyed peas and cabbage! Cory does not like cabbage or black eyed peas so I tried to eat enough to bring both of us good fortune and wealth!
I read an interesting article- Lucky Foods for the New Year. Grapes, cooked greens, legumes, fish, pork, and cakes are all “lucky” foods throughout many cultures. I had the cooked greens and legumes covered… and maybe the wine I had after midnight counts towards my grape consumption?! Apparently, there are also some “unlucky” foods that by superstition should be avoided on new years day. For example, lobsters are not a good choice because they move backwards which may cause “setbacks” in the upcoming year. Also, chicken is a bad idea because the “bird scratches backwards, which could cause regret or dwelling on the past”.
Did you eat any “lucky” foods on New Years Day? What new years traditions do you celebrate each year?
Kasey
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January 2nd, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Happy New Year!
Looks like you had a good NYE! We eat Korean rice cake soup on New Year’s Day. I’m actually not sure what the significance of it is… But I have heard that eating cabbage will make you have lots of money, so I’m kind of worried that I didn’t eat any yesterday…
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:15 pm
i LOVE your outfit girl! cute pics!!
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:40 pm
I checked out the article and I need to get on eating some of those foods. haha.
Looks like you had a great New Years!
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:16 pm
We used collard greens to make some spring roll wraps. Does that count?
January 3rd, 2010 at 8:13 pm
I would say that counts!
January 3rd, 2010 at 9:07 pm
Looks like you had an amazing New Year! Water is a savior on days like New Years where the wine flows so freely..
January 3rd, 2010 at 10:32 pm
Oh no! I had chicken, in the form of chicken wings (late night eats…you know how that goes). But I also had greens, so does that cancel out the bad luck chicken ??
I’m glad to hear you had a fun night. Smart move drinking water in between alcohol sips. I tried to do that too, but the bar we were at had some not-so-good water, ugh. Oh well, it was still a great night. Happy new year to you!
January 4th, 2010 at 8:08 pm
I also ate the traditional new years day dinner. It was great!! I like when mom cooks:)