01/01/2023
Make Some Noise 🥳. Happy NEW YEAR 🎈
Making a lot of noise and light—from fireworks to gun shots to church bells—seems to be a favorite New Year’s pastime across the .
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In Thailand, it was once tradition to fire guns to frighten off demons.
In China, firecrackers routed the forces of darkness.
In Denmark, they throw plates and glasses against each others’ front doors to banish bad spirits.
In Ecuador, it’s tradition to burn effigies of famous people to destroy bad “juju” from the past year and start fresh.
In the early American colonies, the sound of pistol shots rang through the air.
In the United States today, many watch the ball drop in New York’s Times Square.
In other countries, many folks wait for the church bells or the chimes of clock towers to ring out.
