- [Both] Happy New Year!
- What is happening?
- It's mustard!
- [Interviewer] Ellie, yours is just jelly.
- What?
- Yes!
(light music)
- [Interviewer] Hello there!
- Hello!
My name is Rory.
- [Interviewer] Do you know what year it is this year?
- 2019.
- [Interviewer] Do you have any hopes and dreams
for this next year of your life?
- Go to Nickelodeon Slime Fest
and meet JoJo Siwa for my birthday.
- [Interviewer] What do you usually do on New Year's?
- We turn the TV on and then do the countdown
and then we all just give each other a hug like
oh my gosh, it's 2019 or 2020 almost!
- [Interviewer] Do you usually stay up until midnight?
- One time I wanted to stay awake,
so I could see the Tooth Fairy.
- [Interviewer] Did you end up seeing her?
- No.
- [Interviewer] Well, today we're gonna find out
what other people do in other countries
when the clock strikes midnight.
Alright, close your eyes. - Should I close my eyes?
- [Interviewer] Yes please.
- Is this mashed potatoes?
- I kind of tasted like potatoes and salad.
- [Interviewer] Yes, this is a classic
potato salad from Russia.
Are you guys 21?
- Oh yeah, I'm 21.
- [Interviewer] No, wrong answer!
Absolutely wrong answer.
Usually this would be champagne,
but we have sparking cider for you guys.
- Mommy!
- [Interviewer] It's not real champagne.
The tradition that the do in Russia
is you write down a wish.
- I wanna meet Harry Styles.
He's cute.
- [Interviewer] Yeah.
And then you light it on fire.
And then you throw it into the champagne
and then you take a sip.
- Cheers. - Cheers.
How did you finish that so quickly?
- I have practice.
- [Interviewer] Don't wanna know what that means.
(laughs)
- It might be, no, nevermind, it might be American.
There's bacon.
- I did this before.
This is like soul food.
It's black-eyed peas and greens with pork and corn bread.
- [Interviewer] Nailed it, incredible!
So Rory, this dish is called Hoppin' John
and it's from the south.
- Who's Hoppin' John?
- A person that hops?
His name is John.
- I'm nervous, wait what does it taste like I wonder.
- [Interviewer] What do you think?
- Good.
- My grandparents do this dish too.
- [Interviewer] Do they do that on New Year's
or like all the time?
- All the time.
This is actually very good.
- Cookie on top of a cookie on top of a cookie
on top of a cookie on top of a coo--
- [Interviewer] This is a cake from Denmark
and it's called Kransekage.
- Kransekage?
That's a really crazy word for a cake.
This one looks like a doughnut
and this one looks like the poop emoji.
(laughs)
- I can't bite them.
- It's like crunchy but it's not too hard.
- Why is it so hard?
- [Interviewer] I don't know it that's traditional
or that's just how we made it.
(plate breaks)
(gasps) (laughs)
- It smells like lemon bread!
That's my pawpap's favorite.
Let me taste it.
It's lemon bread!
- I got a special extra!
Ti-ding!
- Chocolate coin! (laughs)
- [Interviewer] If you find the slice with the gold coin
that means you have a year of good luck.
- This is so cool!
- I had something similar to this.
There wasn't really a coin, but I remember I had like
this cake and then there was like
a baby Jesus thingy in there.
- [Interviewer] Yeah, Europeans are like very into
baking toys and coins into cakes.
- Mm-hmm.
- So, are these like, are these doughnuts?
- So good.
- [Both] Happy New Year!
- What is happening?
- It's mustard!
- [Interviewer] Josh, we just pranked you German style.
Ellie, yours is just jelly.
- What?
- Yes!
- [Interviewer] If it's any consolation prize,
the mustard ones are a sign of good luck.
- Oh.
- [Interviewer] Ellie, how's your doughnut?
- It's good.
- Don't need to brag, Ellie!
- It's good.
- [Interviewer] I like how you keep going back though.
- No, I'm eating around the mustard.
- Mustard inspector coming through!
Ew, gross!
- [Interviewer] Thank you for helping me clean, Rory.
Do you know what a New Year's resolution is?
Something that you're trying
to get better at in the next year.
Do you have anything that you're trying
to improve about yourself?
- Try a lot of (mumbles).
- Stay positive.
Like 2020, I want 2020 to be a really really good year.
- [Interviewer] Well, how can you guarantee
that you guys are gonna have a good 2020?
- You don't say it's gonna be the best year ever.
If you think about it just being like an average year,
it might be the best year but if you're like,
"Oh, this is gonna be the best year ever!"
- It's gonna be the worst year.
Don't jinx yourself.
- Yeah.
- Happy New Year, 2020!
- Happy New Year and stay sweet.
- [Interviewer] Alright.