Come one and all to cebrate the last day of 2022 and the Celebration of Geacaching.
Jaycee Park in Ft. Pierce Florida
The end of the year is celebrated in many different ways.
1. In the United States we celebrate the ball drop along with lots of food, drinks and friends.
2. In Spain, they eat 12 grapes, one for each strike of the clock. Each grape represents good luck for each month of the coming year.
3.In hopes of a travel-filled new year, Residents of Columbia carry empty suitcases around the block.
4. In Finland, people predict the coming year by casting molten tin into a container of water, then interpreting the shape the metal takes after hardening. A heart or ring means a wedding, while a ship predicts travel and a pig declares there will be plenty of food.
5. To drive off evil spirits for a fresh New Year’s start, it is tradition to burn effigies of well-known people such as television characters and political figures meant to represent the old in Panama.
6. In Brazil, as well as other Central and South America countries like Ecuador, Bolivia, and Venezuela, it is thought to be lucky to wear special underwear on New Year’s Eve. The most popular colors are red, thought to bring love in the New Year, and yellow, thought to bring money. year.
7. During Scotlands New Year’s Eve celebration of Hogmanay, “first-footing” is practiced across the country. The first person who crosses a threshold of a home in the New Year should carry a gift for luck. Scots also hold bonfire ceremonies where people parade while swinging giant fireballs on poles, supposedly symbols of the sun, to purify the coming year.
8. You’ll find round shapes all over the Phillapines on New Year’s Eve as representatives of coins to symbolize prosperity in the coming year. Many families display piles of fruit on their dining tables and some eat exactly 12 round fruits (grapes being the most common) at midnight. Many also wear polka dots for luck.
9. An onion is traditionally hung on the front door of homes on New Year’s Even in Greece as a symbol of rebirth in the New Year. On New Year’s Day, parents wake their children by tapping them on the head with the onion.
Community Celebration Events - this is a part of a limited release of Community Celebration Events to celebrate 20 years of geocaching. Geocachers hosted events between May 2, 2020 and December 31, 2022. Learn more about Community Celebration Events on the https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2019/12/celebrate-20-years-of-geocaching-at-community-celebration-events/">Geocaching Blog