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  1. Lovely! I hope your new traditions work out as you hope (although I would have liked to see your cats dressed up ??)
    I don’t have any now as my daughter and her family are in Australia, I will Skype when possible (it is sometimes impossible to get a connection with the amount of people trying to use it). My son and his wife have one year old twins so will be spending the night at home with them. Fortunately I am quite happy at home with my kindle which is a great tradition as far as I’m concerned.
    I loved the recipes especially the rumbledethumps, that sounds like something I would enjoy.
    Thanks for sharing Maria and best wishes for an amazing New Year ???

    • We tried a hat on a cate, and no, it didn’t work out very well–LOL. The house cleaned happened to a degree, but a bit later than New Years. I am planning on trying the rumblethumps recipe soon, but I think it’ll have to wait until son #2 is visiting back form grad school–cabbage is a hard sell for my youngest son.

  2. When I was a child, we lived next to my Great-Grandparents. Every New Years… there was an old man who went up and down the street knocking on every door. I had never heard the phrase ‘First footing’ but I do remember the chaos when my mother entered the house before he got there. Oooh, my great-grandmother was so upset that a woman was the first to enter the house. I don’t remember a splurge of cleaning or any special foods… just that old man being the first to enter the house.

    I loved the feeling of New Years. Years later, I’d get up, shower, wash my hair and give myself a facial. I’d prayerfully repent and feel as though I was a clean new vessel. I’d shake off the old and embrace the new year with joy in my heart. It was like I was entering the new year sparkling clean.

    I once read of an author that did the house cleaning exercise every New Years… I didn’t know why… until I read your post. Now I understand it is a very old tradition. Who knew? Thanks for sharing.

  3. When we were growing up my Dad always wanted us all at home for New Year’s Eve. At 11 55 pm we had to have a drink in hand, then he’d open the front door and at the stroke of midnight the bells from the church a mile away would ring and we could hear them and count them. Thank you for reminding me of this as he’s been gone for many years and somehow things were never the same again in our family.
    A very happy New Year to you all here!!

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