Saturday and Sunday 12/31/22 & 1/1/23
Celebrate:
Saturday
Hogmanay
Make Up Your Mind Day
National Champagne Day
One Voice Day
Universal Hour of Peace Day
Unlucky Day
World Peace Meditation Day
Sunday
Apple Gifting Day
Commitment Day
Copyright Law Day
Ellis Island Day
Euro Day
Global Family Day
National Bloody Mary Day
National First-Foot Day
National Hangover Day
New Year's Dishonor List Day
Polar Bear Swim Day
Public Domaine Day
St. Basil's Day
World Day of Peace
Z Day
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Barbara Walters, the trailblazing television news broadcaster and longtime ABC News anchor and correspondent who shattered the glass ceiling and became a dominant force in an industry once dominated by men, has died. She was 93.
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Around the world, different cultures try to improve their odds with different traditions. Here are a few of the funnest good luck traditions...
Austria - The suckling pig is the symbol for good luck for the new year. It's served on a table decorated with tiny edible pigs. Dessert often consists of green peppermint ice cream in the shape of a four-leaf clover.
England - The British place their fortunes for the coming year in the hands of their first guest. They believe the first visitor of each year should be male and bearing gifts. Traditional gifts are coal for the fire, a loaf for the table and a drink for the master. For good luck, the guest should enter through the front door and leave through the back. Guests who are empty-handed or unwanted are not allowed to enter first.
Sicily - Good luck comes to those who eat lasagna on New Year's Day, but watch out if you chow down on any other noodle. Anything other than lasagna brings bad luck.
Spain - In Spain, when the clock strikes midnight, the Spanish eat 12 grapes, one with every toll, to bring good luck for the 12 months ahead.
Greece - A special New Year's bread is baked with a coin buried in the dough. The first slice is for the Christ child, the second for the father of the household and the third slice is for the house. If the third slice holds the coin, spring will come early that year.
China - For the Chinese New Year, every front door is painted with a fresh coat of red paint, red being a symbol of good luck and happiness. Although the whole family prepares a feast for the New Year, all knives are put away for 24 hours to keep anyone from cutting themselves, which is thought to cut the family's good luck for the next year.
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Have a great New Year's Eve (be safe) and New Year's Day! I'll see you in 2023!!!
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