The new year is a celebration that takes place in all countries and is one of the parties in which more people participate around the world. People have reasons to do so, either to celebrate another year that arrives, or for a year that goes away and does not always return to a pleasant family time. In addition to asking for a prosperous new year, with goals and objects to overcome in order to overcome those of the previous year. However, the end of the year or new year tends to be celebrated differently depending on the country in which you are.
But there are facts that you did not know about this great holiday that date back many years. In 1582, in the Gregorian calendar, which marks January 1 as the new year, it is adopted by the Roman Catholic Church. In addition, in Roman mythology there is a goddess named Janus who has two faces, one that looks forward and one that looks back, and thanks to that characteristic of the goddess they baptized the first month of the year as January.
In addition to giving a start and end to the year, many people also make resolutions to break bad habits or create new ones. For example, the Persians gave away eggs as a symbol of productivity for the coming year; or in the United States, grapes are eaten for good luck. On the other hand, the tradition of eating the twelve grapes with the twelve midnight chimes comes from Spain, as a consequence of a good grape production in 1909 that had to be popularized in all regions of Spain, until today.
From here we want to wish you a happy new year and a happy year to each and every one of you. For achieving this year full of happiness and dreams fulfilled. By 2020 we have new challenges to meet, goals and objectives that we wish to share with you. The arrival of this new year brings us many personal and professional successes in each of the activities that we carry out, also wishing you much health and well-being for all the loved ones around us.
Andean Traditions wishes you a happy year and a happy New Year!
