Fascinating Facts and Trivia

I know we've still got a week to go but here we go anyway!!

Black Eyed Peas, Ham, and Cabbage are considered good luck if you eat them on New's Year Eve or Day because it is believed they will bring you money. ....I'll take my chances with my celebratory Lamb Kebab.

Lobster and Chicken are considered bad luck because Lobsters can move backwards and Chickens can scratch in reverse, so it's thought these foods could bring a reversal in fortune........OMG, I only type em as I see em .

Finnish people have a weird tradition which goes by the name 'Molybdomancy'. This is all about telling fortunes, a small amount of led is melted in a small pan using a small stove. The melted metal is then thrown into a bowl of cold water. The liquid solidifies and the resulting shape of the solid metal is then analyzed in candle light to tell the fortune of a person in the coming year.

If you'd like to be among the first to welcome the new year, then you'll want to visit the tiny Pacific Island Nation of Kiribati. It's located in the world's earliest time zone, so it's always the first place on Earth to welcome a new year. As for the last place to ring in the coming year?...That title belongs to American Samoa in The South Pacific Ocean.

Some former British colonies in Africa and the Caribbean hold prizefighting contests on Boxing Day.

Boxing Day became a public holiday during the reign of Queen Victoria.

The US states that celebrate Boxing Day as a holiday include Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky and Kansas.

In South Africa, Boxing Day is known as “Day of Goodwill”.

There is no official reason as to why Boxing Day is called what it is..

Some people wear adult nappies while celebrating New Year in New York’s Times Square due to the lack of toilets

There is a music festival every New Years Eve in Antarctica called ‘Icestock’.

Russians celebrate New Year twice, on January 1st then again on January 14th.

Instead of lowering a giant ball of lights on New Years Eve, Brasstown, North Carolina lowers a possum. This is known as the ‘Possum drop’.