Why in 2022 do we still celebrate news years and what are the benefits of making resolutions ?

Why do we celebrate new years ?

New year celebrations are celebrated world wide to embrace the new year,  all over the world different cultures celebrate this differently. 

 

How do different countries celebrate ?

Three good examples of celebrations around the world are :

Spain - they eat 12 grapes at the stroke of midnight to encourage good fortune and prosperity.

Brazil - they celebrate by throwing white flowers and candles in the ocean mainly to allow the sea goddess to give blessings to the mothers and children and overall enter the new year with prosperity.

Scotland - they call the celebration hogmanay and celebrate with a tradition called first footing where a dark haired male should enter the house first at midnight bearing gifts which could consist of things like whiskey,coal, salt and shortbread.

 

Everyone's new year resolutions as quotes ?

Even Though new year celebrations are important, new year resolutions are extremely important as they allow people to create new goals to achieve. For example this year the most popular ones were: Be more aware and take care of mental health, lose weight and eat healthier. 

Sophie Jarvis said that her resolutions were “save money, keep up a good work effort, maintain good health and give time back to herself”.

Who started resolutions  ?

The babylonians are the first people to begin new year resolutions nearly 4,000 years ago, however there new year did not start in january but at the start of the harvest to wish for a year of good crops, and this tradition has continued for thousands of years and will continue for many more years to come. 


 

Websites used :

https://bestlifeonline.com/global-new-years-eve-traditions/

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