People like to start life from scratch on some significant day - the beginning of the month, Monday, the transition to a new position. The New Year is perfect for starting a new, better life. After all, there are many signs and customs that promise a happy year to the one who fulfills them.
Instructions
Step 1
Be sure to pay off debts before the holiday, otherwise, according to legend, financial problems will haunt you throughout the next year. It would also be desirable to establish relationships with people with whom you managed to spoil them in the past year. This will help you start your life from a fresh start.
Step 2
In order for you to live in luxury over the next year, you need to put as many different dishes as possible on the festive table. Moreover, according to the Austrian belief, there should be no crustaceans among the foods, otherwise, instead of developing and discovering new horizons for yourself, you will move back all year.
Step 3
Each year has its own totem animal, which dictates its own rules. Depending on which year of which animal according to the Eastern calendar is coming, different dishes should be put on the table, decorated in different ways and dressed up for a New Year's party. The only general rule for all holidays is that dishes made from an animal symbolizing the coming year should not be present on the table. But the food that this animal loves to eat can and should be consumed.
Step 4
"As you celebrate the New Year, so you will spend it" - this is a fairly common saying. Therefore, try to make your holiday bright and cheerful. Decorate your home, prepare games and contests for guests, gather a cheerful company at the table.
Step 5
If you are going to spend New Year's Eve with your family, tie a string around the table legs. This is an old Russian custom, which is done so that next year no one leaves the family, and no grief would be able to break it. If you are celebrating with friends, do not forget to congratulate your parents the day before or the next day, because the original New Year is a family holiday.
Step 6
Each nationality has its own customs that will help make the next year a talisman and put on red underwear, which, according to legend, will "attract" good luck. But, most importantly, you yourself must believe that you have done everything necessary, and the coming year must certainly be happy for you.
