I'm not big on those rituals that you're supposed to do to ring in the New Year with luck.

BUT I am so anxious to make 2012 a good one, that I went out and bought all new clothes to wear for New Year's Eve...everything from my socks to my tie is brand new.

Everything except my belt and my glasses actually...

Also, I'm wearing as much YELLOW as possible. My shirt is yellow, my ties, undies and socks have yellow.

At the stroke of midnight, I'm gonna eat 12 grapes - one for each coming month of the new year.

So what about you?

why yellow???

its already new year.... i have nothing yellow!!!! what if i'm bare???? what will happen to me in 2012???

i never heard of any of these!!!! none of them!!! the only thing i have been told is not to ever do house work on new years day otherwise its all u do 4 the rest of the year!!!! so today i am going to relax ~ bare!!!

in brazil everyone wears white.

Deadcake said:

I didn't know about any of these things - no wonder my life has turned out the way it has!

nursev said:

Non for me...just trying not to get hit by a stray bullet from all the idiots who still shoot to bring in New Years

ThisOne said:

kimrachell said:

BklynBabe said:

I've heard of the superstition that where ever you are at or doing at the stroke of midnight when the ball drops, then that's pretty much how you'll be spending your year. I've found this to be false though.

I spent New Year's with my family and was clearly drunk by the time we watched the ball drop at midnight on television. We toasted and then someone put on the "Planet of the Apes" movie. I'm gonna tell you something, "Planet of the Apes" is NOT a movie to watch while you are drunk. Watching apes grunt and jumping all around, made me want to throw up.

PurpleJedi said:

nursev said:

Non for me...just trying not to get hit by a stray bullet from all the idiots who still shoot to bring in New Years

Me too! It sounded like a war zone around here from about 12:00 to 12:15... more than I'd heard in recent years... it was completely crazy!

missfee said:

I've heard of the superstition that where ever you are at or doing at the stroke of midnight when the ball drops, then that's pretty much how you'll be spending your year. I've found this to be false though.

I spent New Year's with my family and was clearly drunk by the time we watched the ball drop at midnight on television. We toasted and then someone put on the "Planet of the Apes" movie. I'm gonna tell you something, "Planet of the Apes" is NOT a movie to watch while you are drunk. Watching apes grunt and jumping all around, made me want to throw up.

Deadcake said:

PurpleJedi said:

Fresh start? why white? Do u know?

Probably same reason sheets are white in hospitals, you can bleach and boil all the bloodstains out - just in case you don't dodge a stray bullet on NYE

shiloh66 said:

nursev said:

Non for me...just trying not to get hit by a stray bullet from all the idiots who still shoot to bring in New Years

Me too! It sounded like a war zone around here from about 12:00 to 12:15... more than I'd heard in recent years... it was completely crazy!

I've been here for years normally it's kind of quiet maybe a random shot here or there but this is the first year I have seriously considered moving, it was insane this time like a frikkin war zone.

PurpleJedi said:

kimrachell said:

in brazil everyone wears white.

Fresh start? why white? Do u know?

good luck mostly. a lot of people don't realize how much african influence there is in brazil. "black magic" is a very popular religion there. here are some photos of people in white.

kimrachell said:

PurpleJedi said:

kimrachell said: Fresh start? why white? Do u know?

good luck mostly. a lot of people don't realize how much african influence there is in brazil. "black magic" is a very popular religion there. here are some photos of people in white.

Thanks for sharing!

its not just 4 New Year... but i went 4 a walk with this guy that never steps on cracks in the foot path

and it got weird when i accidently did it!!!!!!!!!!!

[Edited 1/2/12 20:31pm]

ThisOne said:

its not just 4 New Year... but i went 4 a walk with this guy that never steps on cracks in the foot path

and it got weird when i accidently did it!!!!!!!!!!!

...why? Did you break his momma's back?

PurpleJedi said:

ThisOne said:

its not just 4 New Year... but i went 4 a walk with this guy that never steps on cracks in the foot path

and it got weird when i accidently did it!!!!!!!!!!!

...why? Did you break his momma's back?

he said it was bad luck and stopped holding my hand

ThisOne said:

Deadcake said:

ThisOne said:

he said it was bad luck and stopped holding my hand

He sounds OCD, can you deal with that?

i am not his mother, he needs to grow up

ThisOne said:

in my family on the first day of the new year we call each other up and yell 'rabbit!' at each other.

the first one to 'rabbit' everyone else has the luck for the year. or first person every month, because this tradition is good on the first day of every month.

New Years' rules...

The first person to enter your home on NY day must be male for good luck.

Never wash or sweep on NY day or you will sweep someone out of your family.

You're supposed to eat hopping john, fish and greens.

I heard about the grape thingy too.

XxAxX said:

in my family on the first day of the new year we call each other up and yell 'rabbit!' at each other.

the first one to 'rabbit' everyone else has the luck for the year. or first person every month, because this tradition is good on the first day of every month.

seeing i only associate rabbits with humping ~ thats kind of kinky