Happy New Year!! I can not believe 2012 is already here. It seems like just yesterday we were worried about the 2000 Y2K bug. Goodness do you remember that? I think I still have jugs of water stored in my basement.
Thankfully nothing like that is looming over us for 2012. I always enjoy celebrating the New Year because after Christmas everything is kind of dragging after all the excitement of gift giving so the New Year Celebration is a welcome event. Do you have any traditions that you follow every year? In my family we have stuck to the same ole traditions for years. On New Year’s Eve the kids and I stay up playing games or watching movies and eating junk until way after midnight. Then the next day we spend the day watching parades, enjoying football, and eating our typical New Year’s Day meal. We have always had some type of meat with collard greens and black eyed peas. My grandparents taught me to eat lots of greens and peas on the first day of the year to bring good luck and lots of money for the coming year (greens for dollar bills, and brown peas for pennies.) This has been our menu ever since I can remember!
What are the tried and true traditions that your family honors for New Years Day? I would love to hear them.
~Kathy
Tags: 2012, Family, Kathy, Traditions
