New Years' Around the World

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In Spain, people eat 12 _____ right before midnight. One for each bell strike.

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Grapes

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In Belgium, kids prepare rhyming _________ in school for their grandparents and godparents.

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New year's letters

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People in Finland predict what'll happen in the new year by _____________.

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Melting molten tin into the water and interpreting the shape

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What is baked into sweets as a good luck token in Bolivia?

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Coins

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In which city in the U.S. do millions of people gather to watch the ball drop at midnight?

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New York City

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In Russia, people write down wishes on paper. What do they do with them afterwards?

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Burn them, throw it in a Champagne glass and drink it!

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In Colombia, people believe that _____________ will increase their chances to travel in the new year.

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Running around the block with their suitcases

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Why do Ecuadorians and those from other Latin-American countries burn life-size homemade scarecrows at midnight?

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To burn away the old year and start with a clean slate