Top New Year’s Superstitions
The New Year 2024 is knocking at the door! It’s time to bid adieu to 2023 anytime soon. The majority of the people have the New year traditions that they follow but did you know that most of these events are nothing but superstitious beliefs on new year's eve.
Rituals like kissing someone at midnight or banging on pots and blowing on horns are part of the New Year superstitions that people have been following for years.
Do you want to know about the reasons behind these superstitions? Well, have a look at this article. This article will tell you about the meaning of the major New Year's day Superstitions.
You might be aware of some superstitious connotations of New Year’s eve and you might also discover some new traditions for your 2024 New Year’s eve.
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New Year Superstitions
Midnight Kiss
Kissing someone on the night of the new year sounds exciting but did you know that kissing at midnight is said to bring good luck to your love life. It is believed that you might end up in a relationship with the person you kiss when the clock strikes 12 on the New Year. this relationship is said to last year long and beyond that.
Running with an empty Suitcase
This is a Colombian New Year superstition. If you have missed going on vacations in the year 2023 or were unable to plan a trip this year then you should definitely try this tradition of Columbia.
It is believed that running with an empty suitcase (even if it’s just running around your house), will bring you lots of adventures, trips, or vacations in the upcoming year. So fingers crossed, trips are awaiting you.
Putting cash in your wallet
Do you want your year to be financially abundant? Quickly run to the ATM to withdraw cash and put it in your wallet on New Year’s midnight. Having cash in your wallet before midnight is said to bring lots of wealth and prosperity to your life. Sounds great? It is also advised that you should neither lend/borrow money from someone during this time as it can have a negative impact.
Don’t Cry
Keep yourself from crying at midnight even if the tears are of happiness. Crying due to any reason is considered a bad omen on the New Year as it can result in a year-long sadness.
Don’t Clean the House
If you have OCD of cleaning your house then try to hold yourself. sweeping, doing dishes, or doing any type of cleaning should be avoided during this day. This is the Chinese new year customs and superstitions.
It is believed that all the luck and prosperity coming your way will get washed away with your cleaning.
Keeping the doors open at midnight
Keeping the doors open before midnight is a way to welcome the New year and let go of the old one! P.S.- You need not keep the doors open for the entire day as you may catch a cold.
Eat black-eyed peas and collard greens
You can try keeping with this yummy Southern tradition. Eating black-eyed peas and collard greens on New Year’s eve are said to bring lots of love, luck, and prosperity to your life.
Avoid eating Lobster and Chicken
Eating Lobster is not considered a stroke of bad luck in many countries. Lobsters move backward therefore it can cause a year-long setback in your life.
Just like lobsters, chickens are also an indication of a bad omen. Chickens have wings, and it is a superstition that all your luck can fly away.
Be loud, make some noise
You will find the noisemakers in almost every NYE party. But, do you know there is actually a superstition behind this tradition. Making sounds and noises at midnight was believed to scare the evil spirits and omens. So, yeah continue to bang on pans and pots, start cheering and making noises the moment the clock strikes 12.
Wake up early
Being an early bird is not everyone’s cup of tea, especially on the 1st day of the new year where you have been partying the previous night. However, if you manage to wake up early on January 1st, a polished superstition says that you will be able to wake up early throughout the year, easily.
Stay in your house
This doesn’t mean that you need to stay in your house forever. You basically need to be in your house till the time someone from outside does not come to your house.
Step with your right foot
According to several cultures, you should always step into the New Year on your right foot. This superstition guarantees that you will start things off positively and favorably.
Eat Soba Noodles
Eating buckwheat soba noodles at midnight(at the time when one year ends and another begins) is said to bring prosperity and longevity in life. This is the Japanese New Year Custom and Superstition.
Tossing/ breaking the dishes
This is a Danish superstition that implies breaking a dish in front of your neighbor or a family member’s doorstep will bring you prosperity, happiness, and luck.
Born on New Year’s day?
If you were born on the New Year then you will be blessed with luck and happiness your whole life, says this superstition.
Some more New Year’s Superstitions from around the globe
Every country has its own set of New Year Customs and Traditions that they imply. Let’s talk about some popular superstitions of the countries.
- According to Indian superstitions and customs wearing new clothes(especially red color clothes) is considered auspicious. You will also find many Indians taking a New Year’s resolution and striving to fulfill it.
- The South African customs make you toss your furniture out of the windows. This act is a representation of leaving the bad old for the new good.
- As per Scotland culture, the first person to barge into your doorstep on the NYE is required to bring you gifts like salt, coin, bread, whisky.
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