The document summarizes the author's family's New Year's Eve traditions. They spent the days before New Year's preparing food and decorations. That night, the author and her sisters took two special baths for luck and money before going to their aunt's house for a celebration with different customs like placing coins in the house for money. At midnight, they ate grapes and made wishes while drinking champagne and watched fireworks as the new year began. It was an enjoyable night spent with family.

1. -49085556515The days before New Year’s Eve were really tired, all the members of my family were occupied; we were doing a lot of things such as buying food, ornaments, clothes and gifts. My mom has a lot of customs, in my opinion, those are really strange, but my sisters and I do that every year only for her. Well, that night my sisters and I took two baths one with roses and other with champagne, these are to have luck and money.<br />46189252951415 After that we went to my aunt`s house, that celebration was <br />different, because weren`t all the members of my family. First<br /> my aunt gave us coins and some sugar and we put them on the <br />corners of the house, it`s to have money. At ten o`clock we <br />ate turkey and a lot of sweets. Then, when the clock struck twelve <br />we ate twelve grapes and for each one we think a wish, after that, we <br />drank a glass of champagne. <br />-1447804831080My mom and my aunt picked up some suitcases and started running around the house. My cousins and my little sister were burning the puppets, while my dad and my uncle were setting off the fireworks. <br />44246806097905A few minutes later, my sister`s boyfriend came and brought her a ring, it was a really nice moment because it wasn`t an engaged ring, he’d said ‘it`s a symbol of our love, but we aren`t going to marry’. My family was amazing and everybody started hugging someone and wishing to each other a good year. At one o`clock we sang and danced a lot. We enjoyed a lot. <br />By: Valeria Rivera.<br />Class: First Science “A”.<br />