The British late at night on New Year's Eve, often with pastries and wine to go out to visit, they do not knock on the door, they walked straight into the home of friends and relatives. According to British custom, after a thousand nights on New Year's Eve, the first foot towards the house, heralding the luck of the new year. If the first guest is a dark-haired man, or a happy, happy and wealthy person, the host will be lucky all year round. If the first guest is a woman with light yellow hair, or a sad, poor, unfortunate person, the host will have bad luck in the new year, and will encounter difficulties and disasters. New Year's Eve in the home of friends and family guests, before talking to the fireplace to rattle the fire, blessing the host "open the door to good luck".
Britain's New Year celebrations are mostly held on New Year's Eve fire night, "New Year's Eve Banquet", is one of them, this kind of banquet is divided into "family banquets" and "group banquets" two kinds of banquets are usually held from New Year's Eve to New Year's Eve, and the banquet is usually held from New Year's Eve. Two kinds of banquets, banquets usually start from 8:00 pm on New Year's Eve until the end of the New Year's Day in the early morning. Various kinds of wine, food and snacks are provided for people to drink all night long. At midnight, people turn on their radios and listen to the New Year's bells of the church bells, which ring out in a frenzy of joy, toasts and cheers, and sing the song, "In the Olden Days". The "New Year's Eve Ball" is another celebration. By local inns and dances, the night falls. People dressed in festive costumes, from all directions to these decorated and brilliantly lighted dance floor, dancing to the beautiful music, thousands of people, but also gathered in various squares, around the center of the plaza fountains and Eros elephant, singing and dancing, and enjoy the carnival. Television stations also do live broadcast in the square, so that the people in the home "to keep the New Year" also **** enjoy the joy.
Kissing the streets - the British New Year
The legal holiday in the United Kingdom, on January 1 every year. In most parts of the UK, New Year's Day doesn't stand out because it falls within the 12 days of the Christmas holiday.
But in Scotland and some parts of northern England, people think that Christmas is just a family reunion, and the New Year is a universal holiday, so the New Year is more important than Christmas.
In Scotland, when New Year's Eve falls yesterday, people will begin to visit friends and relatives and neighbors, or in the home party, or in the club, the restaurant party, and drink whiskey, celebrate the holiday.
At 12 midnight, church bells chimed and people celebrated the arrival of the new year with cheers, hugs and kisses. Many people then crowded into the streets, drinking whisky while singing the old Scottish folk song "Auld Lang Syne" and dancing a spirited Scottish folk dance to the accompaniment of the music.
When the music stops, people hug and kiss each other regardless of whether they know each other well, and have a great time. Many people start their New Year's celebrations just after midnight. Every house is open and anyone is welcome, and a small loaf of black bread is baked in advance.
In addition, in some parts of the United Kingdom on New Year's Day, there will be broken eggs into the water, observe the shape of the custom to divine the fate of the year, and then mixed with sugar, steamed and eaten to indicate that the new year in the life of the sweet.