Holiday Edition: New Year’s Eve Fun Facts!
From all of us here at BB Insurance Marketing, we’d like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. We will be out of the office for the upcoming holiday and we hope you and your friends/families enjoy the time spent together on this great day. We know we will! For those of you venturing away from sunny South Florida for this holiday, make sure you pack accordingly and enjoy the weather. We hope you had a great 2012, but hope you have an even better 2013!
Fun New Year’s Eve Facts
– It is often thought that the first visitors you see after ringing in the New Year would bring you good or bad luck, depending on who you keep as friends and enemies. That’s why most people celebrating on New Year’s Eve often do so with friends and family.
– After the New Year, if the first person to visit you was a tall and dark-haired man, this was especially lucky.
– Items or food that are ring-shaped are also good luck. This symbolizes “coming full circle”. Some cultures eat ring-like food through the evening and through the night to ensure that good luck will be bestowed upon everyone who eats.
– Black-eyed peas (usually with ham) are often consumed in certain parts of the United States. These are thought to bring good fortune in cultures around the world.
– Other foods that are eaten on New Year’s Eve are cabbage because the leaves represent prosperity. In Asian cultures, rice is a hearty and a lucky staple that is eaten around midnight to signify the coming year of fortune.
– Auld Lang Syne is sung at midnight to toast in the New Year. The song was composed by Robert Burns sometime in the 1700’s.
– Stats of the first New York ball: 700 pounds (5 feet in diameter). The ball was made from wood and iron.
– The modern ball that is dropped is made from Waterford Crystal and weights over 1,000 pounds. There are over 9,000 LED lights, but uses hardly any energy.
– The ball was not lowered in 1942 and 1943 due to wartime restrictions.
– On New Year’s Eve, about 75% of American parties are with 20 people or less.