What "NEW" tradition would you make if you were able to create one?

My tradition for new years would be to eat all the food that are your very favorite on new years eve. Then on new years day try new food! Start off the new year with a feast of food you have always wanted to try but never have. Maybe some of these things will be new favorite things. Only problem is that it would be a lot of cooking. I would like to do this one day though!

Hiya Anne, I have heard of that one walking upstairs backwards here I think a few do that. There are all sorts of traditions here but none keep to one in particular not really. On New Year´s Eve I wish that everyone would give everyone else a sincere hug and wish them a very Happy New Year and give them a Calendar with quotes and inspirational notes like from say Abraham Hicks or Louise Hay or something like that. Here we eat twelve grapes to the chimes of the clock and drink a little champas and eat a bit of sort of marzipan to go with it. I loved the one in England where somebody dressed up as a Coalman with their Face dirty with Coal and knocked on the Back Gate of the House and the first one who let them in had to wish them a Happy New Year if I remember right. I tried to get them to do that over the years but they never wanted to stay up long enough so all my efforts were drowned with a Bucket of Cold Water I´m afraid lol.xxx

"Apples-to-Apples" at every party. I'm serious about this. It is a great way to get to know people.

My new tradition is for members of parliament to dress as clowns all the best urban

That's a cool idea. I am not that creative with traditions, but I think I'd have each person in the house pick out their favorite Christmas movie or show. So if there were four people in the house, 4 days before Christmas we'd start watching one person's show at a time. By Christmas we would have made it through all four. I think it would be fun for once a year for everyone to see people's favorites.

It's traditional here to eat black-eyed peas on New Years day for good luck in the coming year. I'm sorry, but I have no idea of the reasoning behind that.

Who wears pyjamas???

I would have everyone that wanted to wear their underwear (and pajamas) inside out. That is because the seam is on the inside and it should be on the outside because it is uncomfortable against our skin. I have never understood why they make the seams so uncomfortable on clothes!

We create new ones all the time. But I would like a yule log tradition. Fire in the fireplace (we don't have a fire place in this house). Yule long candle holder. Yule long jelly roll. One to eat, one to light, and one to warm and ignite.

This is great, sure beats heavy drinking and waking on the first morning of the new year with a terrible headache. I ususally take the Christmas decor down on New Years day, we watch the Rose parade and then Hubby is into the football games for the rest of the day. People come and go to the house and I am busy feeding them and cleaning up. That is how our New Year starts, usually.

I think if there were a tradition that I would like to start would be something about all our troubles. Where we could write all our troubles, problems, worries in a piece of paper, put it in an envelope and send it somewhere. Preferrably to an address of the previous year. So that we don't have to worry about it in the new year!

I know of a couple who made it their tradition to prepare packed foods and goes to the streets every New Year to feed the street children. They prepare around 200. What a surprise they met when they went to one street. They thought there were just few beggars on the area. But when they started giving the foods, the number increases. It turned out that this beggars have their own society and the news spread quickly.

I would have Santa's elves do all the shopping and cooking for me over Christmas LOL Happy Mylotting!

thats really nice.. i quite like that! if i was able to have a tradition.. i would simply put in force an old tradition of the 12 days of christmas, and give a small present every day for the 12 days leading to christmas :)