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|[pic] |The single women of Ireland wait desperately for the New Year’s night |

| |because it is the night that can bring them the love of their life. They|

| |place mistletoe leaves under their pillow hoping to catch their future |

| |husband. It is also believed in Irish culture that it helps them get rid|

| |of bad luck. |

|[pic] |A strange and weird New Year tradition in Denmark is breaking the dishes|

| |at neighbor’s door. Strangely this makes them happy instead of annoying |

| |them. The family with the hugest tower of broken plates, glasses, cups |

| |and other crockery is considered to be the luckiest one because it means|

| |that they have lots of loyal friends. |

|[pic] |Talking to spirits is a part of Mexican belief. Mexicans strongly |

| |believe that they can communicate with the souls of their dead loved |

| |ones. New Year eve is considered the best time to communicate with the |

| |dead spirits to convey a message or ask for guidance. |

|[pic] |Imagine streets full of people wearing polka dots and dinning table full|

| |of round shaped food and fruits on one single day of the year. This all |

| |actually happens in Philippine on the New Year eve every year. |

| |Philippines believe that this will bring them prosperity by associating |

| |the round dots to coins and wealth. |

|[pic] |A dangerous Scottish festival around the New Year is the festival of |

| |Hogmanay. This festival takes place on the 31st of December every year. |

| |Men parade through the streets holding blazing balls of fire. They |

| |continuously swing these balls over their heads.  According the locals, |

| |the balls of fire bring purification and sunshine. This celebration |

| |dates back as far as the Vikings. |

|[pic] |Ecuador has a unique custom of making scarecrows and burning them at |

| |midnight. They dress up and fill the scarecrows with newspapers and |

| |pieces of wood. As mid night approaches, everyone gathers outside their |

| |home and each family burns their scarecrow. The tradition says that this|

| |destroys all the bad things that took place in the past 12 months. The |

| |scarecrow also scares bad luck. This fills their New Year with luck and |

| |happiness. |

|[pic] |Imagine you are made to watch the same programme or show every year on |

| |New Years eve. Same dialogues, same script and nothing new. Is this fun |

| |or torture? In Germany this weird practice is carried by the Germans |

| |since 1972. Every single year, on midnight Germans watch the British |

| |show “Dinner for One.” The origin of the tradition is unknown, but the |

| |Germans actually enjoy watching this show. |

|[pic] |Talca is a small town in Chile with a very strange, weird and freaky New|

| |Year custom. The people of Talca celebrate the new year with their dead |

| |relatives in the cemetery. People are welcomed in the cemetery with |

| |light classical music and dim blinking lights making the cemetery are |

| |perfect party place. They believe that their loved ones wait for them in|

| |the cemetery and they should start the new year with them. The tradition|

| |began in 1995, when a local family jumped the cemetery fence to spend |

| |New Year’s near their father’s grave. Now over 5,000 people have adopted|

| |this tradition. |

|[pic] |It’s a tradition in America to share a sweet midnight kiss with your |

| |girlfriend or boyfriend or with anyone in case you don’t have one. This |

| |will make the coming year incredibly beautiful for you. They believe |

| |that this practice brings true love. It washes away the bad memories and|

| |fate from the past and marks the beginning of a New Year full of love |

| |and life. A famous movie, “In Search of A Midnight Kiss” is themed on |

| |this New Year Ritual. |

|[pic] |Residents of Brazil, Mexico, Bolivia and other South American states |

| |welcome the New Year by wearing colorful underwear. The usually wear |

| |red, yellow or other brightly colored under-wears past midnight to catch|

| |good fortune for the coming year. Red means an amorous love life ahead |

| |and yellow expresses the desire to gain money and wealth. The wishes of |

| |the locals are expressed via their underpants. |

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