New Years Celebrations and Speech Ideas

                                       

Great speach ideas can be made from observing New Years celebrations and traditions being practiced around us.

If you are gathering with friends or family or strangers to celebrate, will you:

---kiss under the mistletoe?

---put mistletoe under your pillow to dream about a new love,

---eat blackeyed peas, hopping john,

---eat pizza, nachos, chips and dip,

---watch a football game

---watch a fireworks,

---watch the ball drop at Times Square? 

Is there  someone who always tells jokes, or takes pictures, and greets all the guests at the party?

What were the interactions?

In the US, people often gather to watch fireworks or watch the ball drop at Times Square.  However, other countries have different traditions.   Do you know people who follow other customs?  In Canada, people gather to go ice fishing.  In the Philippines, if you wear polk-a-dots, you should have good luck. In Latin America, if you wear yellow underwear, it is said, you will have good luck and if you wear red underwear, you will have love.  In Ireland, they bang bread on the walls for prosperity and health.  In Columbia, if you run around the block with suitcases, you will have luck in travel.  Pack bathing suits if you want to travel to a beach.  Many people have wishes, or goals or make new years resolutions on January 1.

This year, my family went to Dave and Busters.  Dave and Busters a restaurant with games and it is like Chuck-e-Cheese, but it has many TV's to watch sports and has different video games.  I played ring toss.  My son, who is grown, had the best luck and ended up having enough credits to purchase headphones and a scale with the credits.  The holiday package we purchased, gave us a side area with other people celebrating.  The restaurant employees decorated the tables with New Years themed party hats, noice makers and clappers.  Overhead were balloons suspended in a netting.  The balloons were reserved for the midnight ballon drop.  At 6pm they served food.  It was very tasty and included pizza, chicken nuggets, salad and mini hamburgers and more.   The filled churros were served later as dessert and they were hot, crisp and tasty.  There were about 10 families celebrating in the party area.  All with their young kids.  We were the only all adult group, which wasn't an issue because there were many challenging games aimed at adults.  

----.My wish is that everyone has a happy celebration, no matter what it is and I hope it is a peaceful day and night.  Maybe, if we all hum the word "Peace" at midnight on New Years eve, the Universe will hear us and we will have wonderful memories and stories to tell.