Greetings!
The end of 2009 is near, and I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a great New Year 2010. As we say in my country, Bonne année 2010 et bonne santé!
In France, New Year's Eve (31 December) is called la Saint-Sylvestre and is usually celebrated with a dinner party called le Réveillon de la Saint-Sylvestre. The feast tends to include special items like champagne and foie gras ( goose or duck liver), and the accompanying party can range from an intimate dinner with friends to une soirée dansante. At midnight, everyone kisses under the mistletoe and offers their best wishes for the New Year.
For those who thought that the New Year comes once in a year, you may be surprised to find out other wise. If you are work for the Globetrotters you could end up celebrating the New Year several times a month all through the 12 months of the year!!
How is it where you are from? how do you celebrate?
I hope you will have a great Holiday season and a great New Year, whenever it starts and whatever year it is!
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I am half-Japanese, but live in Wichita. In Japan, people celebrate New Year's Day by enjoying "o-zoni" soup (aka just "zoni" soup). In English it would be called "sweet rice soup," as it consists of "mochi" which is the cooked sweet rice. It consists of a traditional Japanese dashi-based broth with chicken pieces and mochi in it. My kids love it. In fact they like it so much we have it at other times of the year.
ReplyDeleteAs typical in Japan and China, New Year's Day is also celebrated by handing out cash gifts/bonuses to house servants (like the lawn mower guy or a maid), small business employees (like restaurants and small shops) and children. Money is handed out in small red envelopes to all children by relatives and parents. In Japan, this is done on Jan 1, but for cultures following Chinese customs, it's done on the new year based on the lunar calendar :)
Will you join the Asian festival on October 30th?
ReplyDeleteYou should come to our L'Attitudes meeting and share your culture with us.