New Year's Day traditions/superstitions?

[luvgoing2disney]

I am not a believer in superstitions myself, but I do follow age old "traditions" of our family. Living in the South, on January 1st we eat black-eyed peas to have good luck in the coming year. Also my mom passed down a tradition from her mom and that was no clothes are washed on January 1st. The old adage she would use: "Wash clothes on New Year's Day, wash somebodies life away."

Anybody else have any traditions or superstitions they adhere to?

 

[Wendy31]

I like having Chinese or Asian-inspired food on New Year's Eve. DH has to work tonight, so we had PF Chang's this past Saturday.

We're in the south too, so black-eyed peas for luck on New Year's Day are a must here as well!

On New Year's Day, we normally have a pork roast w/ new potatoes, black-eyed peas (for luck) & some kind of greens (for money). For dessert, we have donuts. There's some kind of "donuts on New Year's Day" tradition, but I forget the exact reason why donuts are served on New Year's Day - something about circular foods, I think.

I hadn't heard the "Don't do laundry" on New Year's Day superstition until I married DH. So no laundry here either.

Typically, we also start taking down our Christmas decorations on New Year's Day, but I've also waited until 1/6 (the 12th day of Christmas) to take them down too.

Other than that, it's just watching football games on TV!

 

[minnie mum]

We only have 2 traditions for New Year's Day:

1. No matter how bad the hangover, we have to be up in the morning to watch the Rose Bowl Parade. Not the game- just the parade.

2. Take down the Christmas decorations and the tree.

 

[maddiel]

Watching the CAN-USA World Juniors game is a tradition;-p

It's good luck to have a dark-haired man be the first person o come into your house in the new year (and bad luck if it's a fair-haired woman.)

M.

 

[apirateslifeforme]

Watching the CAN-USA World Juniors game is a tradition;-p

It's good luck to have a dark-haired man be the first person o come into your house in the new year (and bad luck if it's a fair-haired woman.)

M.

Okay, this is weird ...my great-great-grandparents from Scotland believed that it was good luck for a blonde man to be the first person across the threshold in the new year. My grandmother grew up with them, and one year, she was late coming home (after midnight), and her grandfather wouldn't let her in the house, as she had brown hair and was a girl. Her grandmother finally let her climb in through the kitchen window.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Pork and Sauerkraut for dinner! It's a Pennsylvania German thing.

 

[NFLDERS]

Reads like 1 of the 2 families had the tradition mixed up!
There are a lot of Scots in N.S.

 

[PigletsPal2]

We're not superstitious, but our New Year's day tradition has been to be at the largest local bookstore when it opens and spend most of the day there. We're going over to the Barnes & Noble at Winter Garden tomorrow where I will make a big dent in the $150 B&N gift card I got for Christmas.

Queen Colleen

 

[maddiel]

Okay, this is weird ...my great-great-grandparents from Scotland believed that it was good luck for a blonde man to be the first person across the threshold in the new year. My grandmother grew up with them, and one year, she was late coming home (after midnight), and her grandfather wouldn't let her in the house, as she had brown hair and was a girl. Her grandmother finally let her climb in through the kitchen window.

Reads like 1 of the 2 families had the tradition mixed up!
There are a lot of Scots in N.S.

I got that superstition from my very scotch grandmother. When my sister and I were little, we would spend New Year's Eve at my grandparents and the next day when my parents arrived to pick us up, she would insist my dark-haired father would come into the house before her daughter, my blonde mother!

It looks like our version is popular: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-Foot

M.

 

[EMom]

We eat black eyed peas, cabbage and pork.

 

[luvsJack]

Always eat pork, cabbage and black eyed peas (thanks for reminding me, got to go put the dried peas in water to soak)

I don't even know why the pork but always have it.

I remember someone saying that whatever you are doing on NYD is what you will do all year. I plan to do nothing!

And I met a lady at the nail shop who has her fingernails painted the color of money every New Years so that she will have more money through the year. Never heard that before.

 

[ilovemk76]

We have no traditions that we do other than leave the Christmas decorations up past New Years.

 

[NFLDERS]

I got that superstition from my very scotch grandmother. When my sister and I were little, we would spend New Year's Eve at my grandparents and the next day when my parents arrived to pick us up, she would insist my dark-haired father would come into the house before her daughter, my blonde mother!

It looks like our version is popular: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-Foot

M.

Thanks that was a great read!

 

[mumto2]

No laundry here either. We always get my dad to come over so we are covered there.

In the South, DH was raised to think it was bad luck to have Christmas decorations out after New Years. I was raised to believe they had to stay up through Christmas and the Epiphany, so now we keep them up through January 6.

 

[disney1990]

We live in the DC area, but my Mom was from near the Virginia/North Carolina line. We have two - no wash on New Year's Day and Eat Black Eyed Peas.

 

[tvguy]

My wife fixes black eyed peas. Been married 31 years, claims she has done it every year on New Years. I only remember it the last 10 years or so, because I had never had blacked peas before.

 

[Katelly]

No superstitions here but on New Year's Day we always take a walk along the beach....in the freezing cold. Being at the ocean makes it feel even colder but it's still fun. It certainly wakes us up!

 

[gracie1]

No traditions here. I actually took all the decorations down today and plan on cleaning tomorrow!

 

[Gumbo4x4]

A friend posted on FB he was having rawhack and creamed herring for luck. I'm okay with the rawhack, but I'd be passing on the herring

 

[willowsnn3]

I am not a believer in superstitions myself, but I do follow age old "traditions" of our family. Living in the South, on January 1st we eat black-eyed peas to have good luck in the coming year. Also my mom passed down a tradition from her mom and that was no clothes are washed on January 1st. The old adage she would use: "Wash clothes on New Year's Day, wash somebodies life away."
Anybody else have any traditions or superstitions they adhere to?

Well, that's just great. Was planning to wash clothes tomorrow, lol.