New Year customs in European countries

Different countries in the world celebrate the New Year in different ways, placing good wishes and hopes in the coming year. As the saying goes,"There are differences in customs across hundreds of miles." What are the customs of the New Year in European countries?

New Year's Day is a traditional festival in China and is also collectively referred to as the "New Year" in most countries in the world. Countries with different differences in the world celebrate the New Year in different ways, placing good visions and hopes on the coming year. As the saying goes,"There are differences in customs across hundreds of miles." What are the customs of the New Year in European countries?

[France]

When French people celebrate the New Year, the whole family gathers around the house drinking to welcome the New Year. Whoever can finish the bottle of wine suggests who has the best luck this year. In France, the wind direction on New Year's Day represents whether the weather will be smooth during the year. Therefore, World Customs Network, the weather forecast for this day is the most concerned about people.

[Italy]

On New Year's Eve in Italy, people will keep setting off fireworks and firecrackers and break everything that can be broken to make a sound. They believe that this will lead to a happy New Year. Italians also believe that "fire comes from the sun. If the fire goes out on New Year's Day, the next year will not see the light of day." So on this day, they burn a strong fire at home in the city and keep it going all day long.

[Turkey]

Turks, men, women and children, take a bath on New Year's Eve and then put on new clothes, which means getting rid of the old and welcoming the new. In some places in Turkey, there is also the habit of staying overnight for the New Year. On New Year's Eve, people will bring their families to stay at the homes of relatives and friends they have made in advance to spend the beginning of the year.

[Spain]

Spaniards gather the whole family together and have fun on New Year's Eve. When the New Year bell rings, everyone will compete to eat twelve grapes, which means that the twelve months of the new year will be smooth and smooth. And no matter what requests the children make on New Year's Day, parents will satisfy them because they don't think it's a good thing to cry or beat and scold children on this day.

[Switzerland]

The Swiss welcome the new year with fitness. Some of them go climbing mountains in groups; some ski along long snowy trails; some hold stilt-walking competitions, where men, women and old go together to wish each other good health.

[Greece]

Every family in Greece makes a big cake for the New Year and puts a silver coin in it. The owner cuts several pieces of the cake and distributes them to family members or visiting relatives and friends. Whoever eats the piece of cake with silver coins will become the luckiest person in the New Year.

[Belgium]

In rural Belgium, livestock are celebrated on the morning of the first day of the New Year. People walked to cows, horses, sheep, dogs, cats and other animals and congratulated them: "Happy New Year!"

[UK]

In the UK, although the New Year is not as grand as Christmas, various celebrations are still carried out in accordance with local customs and habits to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. The night before New Year's Eve, which is New Year's Eve, British people like to bring cakes and wine to visit relatives and friends. Moreover, before talking to relatives and friends, they have to fiddle with the fire in the fireplace and wish the owner "good luck opening the door." Some people also like to go to the square to participate in the "New Year's Eve dance" with people from all over the city.