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The holiday season also sees a surge in the economy at large. This is because the festive season coupled with the free times that people have at their disposal during the holiday season often lead them to get to shop. Shopping sprees are commonplace during such times. And shopping is not restricted to a few things alone. People are seen shopping from anything from books to television sets, gifts to daily use things, even properties and houses. After al what better time to get and move into a new house than new years?
Holiday seasons normally also see a surge in the attendance at parks and other places of amusement. This is because; people use the holiday season to enjoy to their hearts filling. This leads also to advance bookings at parks, cinema halls and other places. Often plans to enjoy during New Years Eve and other holidays go bust dour to tickets not being available in these days. These days are hence best planned in advance along with the buying of tickets to parks and other places where you intend to spend your days. Thus, if you want to enjoy on new years, plan it in advance.
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Residents of Japan spend endless weeks planning this celebration. Special foods are purchased and decorations are made for the front doors from bamboo, ropes and pine branches. It is believed that these provide long life and health. Seaweed and/or ferns are hung on roofs of homes to bring good luck and happiness. Children get to look forward to "otoshidamas", which are gifts of money. New Year cards are also sent out to friends and family and forgetting-year celebrations are held to wish the old year farewell. Disagreements and misunderstandings between family and their friends that they have had are forgiven. Bells are rung 108 times on 31 December to frighten off 108 troubles. After the gongs are rung, the people laugh and this is said to push bad spirits away. With the troubles and bad spirits gone, and the enemies forgiven, this day is happily celebrated.
One known tradition is the resolutions, and this goes back as far as early Babylonians. The Babylonians had a very popular resolution and that was the promise to return all borrowed farming equipment. Today, resolutions include: quit smoking and lose weight. How many times have these resolutions being broken?
There is a four-day long parade in Nepal during the celebration of New Year and in Greece the residents carry ships, apples and stars figures.
The children of Lebanon and Syria parade from house to house to celebrate this tradition. |
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As the New Year dawns, people get ready for a period of festivities. A new year's time is greeted by euphoria and a great deal of joyful celebrations. This is the period when young and old alike greet each other and get lost in the festive spirit of the New Year. Although the modern communication of the mobile technology is quickly catching up, the humble old greeting card holds its sway. The greeting card has been around for years now and its popularity continues to rise anyways. The new year cards have a great following amongst all fields of the society and young and old alike have been for years wishing each other in unique and different ways.
There are different types of new year cards. A person can have a personalized card made for himself or you can choose one of the cards from the many cards available at greeting card stores. Card stores all around the world are full with customers needing to purchase cards for their loved ones on the new year. These stores also run quite a few promotional offers during this period to lure in more customers and increase their sales manifold. There has been a steady rise in the customers that these shops attract during this period. This is more due to the increase in the popularity of the greeting card rather than the offers that these stores run during this period.
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