New Year's traditions

We don't really have any New Year's traditions. This year I fed them bean & sausage soup. I used a can of black-eyed peas as part of the beans. Black-eyed peas & pork are supposed to be "lucky."

According to epicurious dot com

The six major categories of auspicious foods are grapes, greens, fish, pork, legumes, and cakes.

It looks like I could have fed them clam chowder instead.  We had black-eyed peas on New Year's for 2010 too, & I don't see 2010 was particularly lucky.

I read The New Year's Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini & there were some interesting traditions.

"I remember we had to clean the house thoroughly before we could give any thought to a celebration. Before midnight on New Year's Eve, the fireplaces had to be swept clean and the ashes carried outside. ... The purpose was to prepare yourselves and your home to begin the New Year with a fresh, clean slate, ..." ( p. 81 )

Now, that would be a good resolution — have a spotless house to start the new year with. Sylvia shares some insight her mother-in-law gave her about resolutions. "A resolution is the settlement of a dispute," Sylvia said. ( p. 221 )