New Year's Traditions Around the World

Celebrate the New Year with a new tradition from around the world.

On New Year's Day in Korea, the younger generations bow to older generations. For example, children bow to their parents, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. Parents bow to their parents.
After the bowing, older people give brand new money to the children.

You could start a new tradition where the children help plan, cook, and serve a meal to the adults on New Year's Day.

Another fun tradition from Spain is to give each person 12 grapes. When the clock strikes midnight (on New Year's Eve), they are to put a grape in their mouth each time the clock chimes. This started in Spain because one year there was a big grape harvest, so the king of Spain decided to give grapes to everybody to eat on New Year's Eve.

Google "New Year's traditions" for more fun ideas.

This Idea taking from Splink at d6family.com