This document provides information about New Year's Eve traditions in different countries. In parts of Italy, people toss old items out of windows to make room for new, lucky things. In Spain and Mexico, people eat 12 grapes at midnight while listening for clock chimes, representing good luck for each month. In Russia, people write wishes on paper and burn them, mixing the ashes with champagne to symbolically achieve goals. In Japan, Buddhist temples ring bells 108 times to cleanse desires and enter the new year with clear minds.

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Just they make sure it doesn’t land on
someone’s head! (When you walk, Be Careful!)
In parts of Italy, people welcome in
the New Year by tossing old things
out of their windows. By tossing out
the old, they make room for new
and lucky things to enter their
households and lives in the
coming year.
All old?

3. 03/16
In Spain and other Spanish speaking
countries like Mexico, there is a
tradition of eating 12 grapes on the
New Year eve at 12 mid night, one by
one, watching a TV broadcast to
listen to the 12 chimes of the clock.
Signifies good luck for the coming
12 months.

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NEW YEAR EVE IN RUSSIA
In Russia, people write their wishes on
a paper on the New Year’s Eve and
burn it. The ashes of the burnt paper
are mixed with Champagne and are
drunk by the wisher. There is a belief
that their wish in this form will
motivate them to achieve their goals in
the coming year. CHEER(A)SH!

5. 05/16
ON THE NEW YEAR EVE IN
JAPAN
Buddhist temples ring bells 108 times,
based on the belief that it brings
cleanliness.
It isn’t referring to the cleaning the junk
from homes. It is cleansing heart, mind,
soul, and body. 108 refers to the 108
types of earthly desires. It will help to
leave your sadness or frustration behind
and enter the new year with a clear mind
and happier resolutions.

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