Post by patricia on Dec 31, 2005 17:51:48 GMT -5
Did you know that New Year's Day was once celebrated on the first new moon in spring,back around 2000BCE spring was the logical time because thats when new crops were planted. Yhe most popular New Year's resoluation of ancient Babylonians was to return brorrowed farm equipment. Based on early Scottish ballads and pulished by the poet, Robert Burns in the 1700s, Auld Land Syne is sung on New Year's Eve in almost every english speaking country in the world.There you know Hoppin John isa traditional Southern New Year's Day dish made with black-eyed peas, some say the recipe came from the Caribbean and others say Africa. Did you know that the first year the famous ball dropped took place at One Times Square in 1906. Happy New Year,
