New Year Traditions

[cb1959]

As kids we started some strange new year traditions.
A friend and I always took a dip in the creek between our farm house on New Years Day. Did not stay long in the water but it was a tradition, not to be broken. One year it was exceptionally cold, but not to be deterred. We broke the ice, about a quarter of an inch thick, had second thoughts, built a fire and jumped in. The water was so cold we litterly bounced out. I think that may have been the last year we tried that. Those were the days when parents let their kids go off alone on the creek or into the distant pasture to camp out in the snow.
I bet some of you can top that one.
Happy New Year!
Charlie

[Sharon of the Dell]

My husbands family always fixes a pot of white bean soup on New Years day.
We really didn't have any except to say, "Haven't seen you since last year!"
Kind of boring! Your story was great Charlie.
Happy New Year to everyone!
I forgot, my dad and everyone else in the neighborhood would shoot a rifle off at midnight.
Everyone in our neighborhood still shoots off guns at midnight!

[steve brown]

We always have cooked cabbage and blacked eyed peas on New Years Day. I,m away from home so off to Cracker Barrel I go.
Steve Brown Woodcarving

[Boydman]

As a boy growing up in Minnesota we were always out camping and getting wet......those were non stop great memories.....now that I live out in the "bush"...we don't see many folks during the winter....very quiet and great for artwork.......we do have the Northern Lights thou.....Happy New Year everybody!

[Dileon]

Lets see, oh yea get drunk and pay for the worst headache of the year......the New Year. Thank goodness I quit....what a life!!!

[Robert Cahill]

I don't remember any traditions . I lived in Hancock N.Y. as a kid and I am sure Charlie would consider me a chicken as even then I disliked cold.
My wife did fix cabbage and black eye peas New Years day she said it was suppose to bring luck. Don't think it is a tradition though.