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New Year's Eve

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Date: Dec 30 2011

Intro

What makes New Year’s Eve so romantic? There’s the champagne, the sparkling lights, the winter weather that’s the perfect excuse to cuddle. Then there’s the tradition of kissing someone at midnight. Even if you aren’t in a relationship, by the end of the night, you just might be!

Vocab

champagne n.

Definition

Example My mom loves to drink champagne, but most people only drink it on special occasions.

cuddle v.

Definition

Example My girlfriend loves to cuddle, especially during the winter when it's cold outside.

midnight n.

Definition

Example I try to go to sleep before midnight every night, but sometimes I stay up till 12:30 or later.

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How do you celebrate New Year’s Eve? Do you think New Year’s Eve is a romantic holiday?

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oblaco848

Russian Federation

New Year’s Eve. Long wait, but quickly passes!

nalini_p

India

Hello .

i’m nalini from INDIA,

american-English

United States

Interesting! I wish I had more time!

julito

Argentina

Maggy , must have been interesting , seven hour to go ,cold, no coffee, the countdown , people cheering, kissing. Ok. for Maggy never again.

maggy123

Thailand

I went to Time Square this year. Waited for 7 hour before mid night in crowd. Never again. LOL

MUHAMMAD92

Saudi Arabia

I celebratte with tv.

bienemaja

Andorra

usually celebrating at home
new year´s eve is romantic if you are romantic

pereiradias

Brazil

In Brasil we celebrate New Year’s Eve with relatives and friends. Sometimes we go

to Copacabana to watch the fireworks.

Naif Al-shehri

Saudi Arabia

Happy New Year :-*

ALILO

Algeria

Hi, it’s good idea to improve your english.

So, i want to chat in english too.

Rafo777

Armenia

I want to chat in english(skype)

Vina Novalina

Indonesia

In my country Indonesia, we celebrate it together with our family, pals and everyone we know, before the midnight we spent and enjoy the last day of the year with make barbeque, roast meats, corns and sausages while make a chit chat and laugh together.People down to the street and blow the trumpets and fireworks everywhere, so merry:) and some of christian and catholic people spent the time visit the church to make make a pray for the wonderful chapter of the new year^^
Maggie, i am indonesian and my ethnic is chinese and sure we have the same tradition about the lunar calender to celebrate chinese new year and it will become sooner in Jan 23.
Anyway, Happy New Year for all people and may u have wonderful chapters in 2012, all the best:)

Meggie Liu

China

In china, acutally, there are two kinds of calendars. one is the solar calendar, the other one is the lunar calendar. so definitely we will celebrate the new year twice. For chinese people the new year for lunar calendar is much more important. when the new years eve is coming,family will get together to celebrate the important moment. for the kids, the happiest thing may accept the red envelopes from the elders. until now, i’ve been working for half an year. i also will receive the “blessing ” from my grandma. i love to celebrate new year.

Maria del Alba

Spain

In Spain we eat 12 grapes just before 24.00 h and drink “champagne” or “cava” (very similar champagne but made in Spain). People use to go to “cotillón” which is a place you must pay for going to and you can drink a lot of alcoholic drinks, dance and sometimes see different kind of shows.

I prefer to go out in ‘New Year’s Eve’ to party, cauze it is a very different and special day of the year you must celebrate, and you have the rest of days of the year to mellow and relax!

jesusin

Mexico

I am from Mexico, but I live in the United States. I consider that New Year’s Eve is very romantic in Mexico, because all the familly gets together. For example, it is the custom that in many Mexican towns, people make different foods to celebrate the coming year, and after that people give thanks to God for have given them the opportunity to get to the new year! It is the costum that for people to have good luck, they have to wear different colors of underwear.

nevardo

Colombia

Here in Colombia is very special, people enjoy it a lot. they dance, drink and explode gunpowder. It is normal tha people do their purchasing before the old year finishes because it means good luck for the new year. there are others omens for good luck.

serena_xu

China

Here comes the New Year’s Eve.I don’t have any plans because my bf isn’t around.He is in another city far far away.We can’t celebrate the holiday together in physical.So I went home after work.It is just like any other day.

However,I do believe that New Year’s Eve is a romantic holiday.We don’t have the custom of kissing somebody at midnight,but it is still a special occasion because it’s the last day of the year.And you can’t help wondering what will it be like in the next year, especially if you don’t have the significant other or if you have big ambition at work.

ezzain

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

new year,s Eve is the best time of the year at the end of it is kissing time u know her or u donot her …............I live the lips.

mangojoy

United States

Snoopyboy it is very interesting to hear about your family’s New Year’s tradition. That is pretty crazy. :)_

mangojoy

United States

As usual this is a good question to get us thinking and reflecting on our own lives. I am less about tradition and more about change. Change is inevitable. The way I see it no to moments can be repeated or duplicated. Even if I try to celebrate this year the way I celebrated last year it’s not going to happen. It make look similar but it will be different. With that said I take a pretty easy going approach to New Years and most holidays. I pretty much enjoy a simple evening with my family or friends or someone that I have a close relationship with. Not so much different than any other day of the year when I look at it that way.