well we're just days away from the big
ball drop to 2019 and when it comes to
celebrating the new year many people
around the world have special traditions
like eating grapes at midnight wearing
underwear of a certain color red is the
lucky caller right yeah write these
notes down yeah here I there's like new
six at 9s Carolina card oh no run around
the block with an empty suitcase why we
may be asked to well Karolina is about
to explain why some people believe these
traditions are supposed to help you have
a happier and probably a richer New Year
the clock is ticking to ringing 2019 and
some people like Evangelina Santiago
fill up a bucket of water right before
midnight and we go around the corners of
the house saying please lick clean this
house bring good things for the new year
and then we put it in a corner at 12 you
open the windows you open your sliding
door and you throw it out and you hope
for the best
a tradition Shayla Segura also believes
we clean the house with water New Year
fresh also we try to wear new clothes in
countries like Ecuador Colombia and
Panama effigies known as uh no Viejo or
Monaco Viejo in Spanish are lit up
turning into an explosive festivity
which is supposed to burn away all the
bad things the old year brought then
there's wearing colorful underwear to
welcome the new year yellow to get money
or rad to get love wide for peace and
all that kind of stuff
Brazilians though at a splash what does
it mean to jump seven waves in the ocean
yet normally it's because of the Yemanja
the goddness from the oceans and you
show some gifts for her to like flowers
or food or whatever on the ocean and we
jump the seven wave so that is for luck
others run around the block with an
empty suitcase that means next year you
gonna travel a lot has it worked for you
a lot yes do you do anything uh nothing
in particular they're running around
luggage sounds like an interesting thing
maybe I have to check that out and the
right before the stroke of midnight
people from Latin America eat 12 grapes
a tradition that started in Spain in the
12 seconds before it thinks that 12
o'clock you have to sit there and hop in
one for each stroke of midnight and the
representing the good months that are to
be coming ahead prompting supermarkets
to stock up so there's no shortage we
order more in advance and if that were
to happen there would be panic who is
now people are gonna believe that it's
gonna be a horrible year because they
won't be able to fulfill their tradition
what about American traditions
black-eyed peas were home-free
that's how we all we did bring the new
year in with black eye peas because some
faculty I guess it been a tradition for
my grandmother down to my mother and I
didn't I don't really max a whole lot of
questions
I just eat but whatever unique tradition
you follow if any new six wants to wish
you I love it and you know in Denmark
apparently they like to smash old plates
and glasses to greet the mayor you know
what I like the food traditions too I
didn't hear about the collars where the
collards are part of the black-eyed peas
you have to make those at least I do
with the cornbread yeah Italians when I
married into the Italian family gave me
a big bowl of lentils mine drums try it
trying to stick my mouth with grapes
okay then I have to eat lentils guess
what I never won the lotto a lot of yet
but you're gonna still eat them I still
have to it is so much fun you don't have
to be from these places though you can
just you know bring them into your into
your traditions because listen what's
the worst that can happen fun need all
the luck and money and love we can bring
it take next year