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New Year’s customs and celebrations would fill a book.
January, to begin with, got its name from Janus, the two-faced Roman god, credited with the ability to look forward and backward at the same time. . In many parts of New England it is considered unlucky for anyone to go out of the house on New Year’s Day until someone has entered. That seems a , little confusing; who’s going to start the visits? \
To bring good luck and prosperity through the new year, Texans and residents of other southwestern states make a point of including black-eyed peas on the New Year’s menu. \
People in many* parts of the world believe that a full salt shaker on New Year’s is the symbol of a year of plenty and good fortune. The superstition, it is believed, can be traced to the days when salt was a precious it$m in the household. s
Philadelphia’s annual Mummer’s parade is a custom coming down from the early English and Swede settlers in the vicinity. The English cherished the traditional Mum* mer play of St. George and the Dragon, while the Swedes were fond of masquerading informally on New Year’s Eve. The two customs merged even before the Revolution. After the Revolution, .George Washington replaced St. George as the central figure of the festivities. It wasn’t until 1901 that the municipal government officially recognized the parade. Today the all-male parade is a community project, with thousand* watching as the floats and figures go by for hours.
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