Do you have a favorite New Year’s tradition you do every year? Maybe it’s sharing a kiss with someone special. Eating your favorite meal. Toasting with a glass of champagne as the clock strikes 12. We’ve gathered five fun New Year’s traditions from other countries.

1. In Greece, families are known to bake a vasilopita, a New Year’s Day cake, that has a coin hidden inside. The cake is cut at midnight, and the person who finds the coin in their cake slice is said to have good luck in the New Year.

2. In Japan, families eat soba noodles, or toshikoshi soba, at midnight on New Year’s Eve to bid farewell to the previous year and welcome in the New Year. The tradition is said to have begun in the 17th century. The long noodles are said to represent longevity and prosperity.

3. In Germany, a centuries-old tradition is to eat sauerkraut and pork on New Year’s Eve. Many believe that eating the two will bring good luck and wealth in the New Year.

4. In Spain, there is a tradition of eating 12 grapes during the 12 strokes of midnight. The grapes are said to usher in good fortune and success for the New Year.

5. In the Southern United States, black-eyed peas served on a bed of collard greens is a customary New Year’s supper. Serving the two foods together is said to welcome prosperity and wealth for the incoming year.

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