New Year Celebrations Around the World

Collect dishes for the whole year and then throw them at their friends' doors.

• Brazil

• Denmark

• England

• Germany

Swing flaming balls in the street and throw them into the sea finally.

• France

• Italy

• Russia

• Scotland

Have big water fights.

• Thailand

• India

• Brazil

• Spain

Eat twelve grapes at midnight.

• Germany

• France

• Spain

• England

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Hear 108 strokes for different vices.

• China

• Japan

• Korea

• Singapore

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Burn the "Old Year" doll at midnight.

• Denmark

• Sweden

• Swiss

• Colombia

Paste red spring couplets on doors.

• America

• Spain

• China

• Japan

Wear bear costumes and furs, and dance from houses to houses.

• Romania

• Greece

• Egypt

• Russia

Have a sleep with own dead relatives in the graveyard.

• Mexico

• Argentina

• Greece

• Chile

Throw old furniture out of the windows.

• Mexico

• South Africa

• Spain

• France