Saturday, January 1, 2011

New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve was invented by Greg Orian in February 1582.
Greg was the 13th Pope called Greg and like to put his right foot in and then his left foot - in a move later called the Hokey Pokey.
New Year's Eve is celebrated as a cascade across the earth and involves kissing strangers and making noise.
New Year's Eve is a famous time for lying.
In some parts of South America it is important to wear brightly coloured underpants on NYE in the event you have a drunken accident and are taken to hospital. It is also important that they at least start out clean for this reason.
In Denmark a vital part of your NYE costume is a chair. At the stroke of midnight there is a mad dash to scramble up on your chair and jump off in order to banish the evil spirits lingering in the previous year.

In the Philipines the people in the know were polka dots and carry fruit such as grapes and oranges in honour of the moon.
In Spain it is common for people to choke on the stroke of Midnight.