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RE: New Year's Rituals - 12/31/2006 8:01:14 AM

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What are your New Years rituals?

My mom was from Mississippi. We always did black eyed peas and some form of green, be it collards, mustards, spinach or cabbage. Lots of pork for flavoring in both.

Oh yeah, we also put a dime in the peas for good fortune. The person who finds it gets extra good luck.

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RE: New Year's Rituals - 12/31/2006 8:07:34 AM

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Lentil soup on New Year's Eve

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RE: New Year's Rituals - 12/31/2006 8:10:11 AM

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It seems some, including the OP supercede "Ritual" with superstition.
Harmless enough I grant, but I can't help but wonder if, according to the video Julia Oceana introduced:"TheSecret" (possibly also superstition...lol, but if not; ).. how giving conscious or subconcious leeway and force for these small things using the power of attraction to make them as reality in ones life for the entirity of the year?

I just feel the new year might be difficult or complicated enough without encumbering or having need to contend with such obviously contrived devices as making sure someone brings you licorice as a gift to ensure you have a good year.

Speaking for myself, these are not cumbersome at all. I don't necessarily believe that if I didn't do these things I would be visited by "bad luck". * I * do them because it has been a long tradition in my family to do these and we get enjoyment from them. It's kind of nice to have rituals or traditions to pass along thru the generations, even if the things are based in superstition. My Mom is 78 years old and she ges a real joy out of her kids and grandkids carrying out her rituals. And deep down that is the motivation for myself and my family and friends joining in these little things. Harmless and easy enough to do, and brings happiness to myself and others. Not cumbersome or difficult at all.

One of the definitions of ritual is:

8.
any practice or pattern of behavior regularly performed in a set manner.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ritual

In any case, a happy New Year to you and yours.

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RE: New Year's Rituals - 12/31/2006 8:11:40 AM

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I'm enjoying reading about every one's rituals and practices !

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RE: New Year's Rituals - 12/31/2006 9:37:41 AM

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OK, now I know why my roomie asked if I had any black eyed peas in the house before she headed off to the supermarket.

My mother was from the south, however, I don't remember this one, then again, good or bad, I missed out on a lot her families' rituals.

Btw, the market was out of the black eyed peas, guess I'm screwed for the new year. LOL.

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ORIGINAL: MzMia

Great topic
You must have black eyed peas on the first day of the New Year,
this will bring you good luck.
Now, I need to add collard greens, my girl friend from South Carolina
said that the greens are your money.
I can tell you that many Black Americans will be eating black eyed peas
on New Years Day.
In fact, I need to start soaking mine now!

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RE: New Year's Rituals - 12/31/2006 9:50:23 AM

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I just feel the new year might be difficult or complicated enough without encumbering or having need to contend with such obviously contrived devices as making sure someone brings you licorice as a gift to ensure you have a good year.

Seems to me that starting the year off with

A clean house
A good meal
A piece of cake
and
A gift from a friend
...sounds like a nice way to celebrate...any additional encumberance these things might add to one's reality is dependent upon the choice of the individual.

As for me...Im usually pretty sentimental about holidays, but my New Years Eve ritual is to be at work, away from the unsafe drivers, making sweet moula at time-and-a-half.

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RE: New Year's Rituals - 12/31/2006 1:54:23 PM

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My grandma always threw a handful of change in through the front door the first time she entered the house in the new year, and then we were not allowed to pick it up, it had to be left there, untouched, for the remainder of the year. She said that way you would always have money in the house, and if you picked it up, you'd be broke the rest of the year.

She always made pork & sauerkraut on NY day, too.

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RE: New Year's Rituals - 12/31/2006 2:19:04 PM

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