Let’s Celebrate: A Holiday Origins Podcast

Let's Celebrate: New Year's Eve


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In this episode, your host Rusty will take you on an information exploration with facts about how New Year's Eve has been celebrated throughout history and today. 

The CeLibation for this New Year’s Episode is a French 75

  • 1 ounce Gin
  • ½ ounce Meyer Lemon Simple Syrup
  • 2 ounces Champagne
  • For those who don’t want alcohol, a mocktail CeLibation: 

    • sparkling grape juice or sparkling water 
    • Meyer lemon simple syrup 
    • a lemon twist in a champagne flute will be sure to put you in a celebratory mood.
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      References:

      Swedish year walk(divination) årsgång

      https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/sweden-year-walk-arsgang.amp

      https://www.spiritualityhealth.com/articles/2020/12/31/this-new-years-eve-try-årsgång-a-year-walk

      New Year’s History:

      https://resolutiondenver.com/history-of-new-years-eve/#:~:text=The%20first%20known%20record%20of,the%20Sumerian%20term%20for%20barley.

      https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/parenting/g25360543/new-year-traditions/

      https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/new-years

      http://www.rampantscotland.com/know/blknow12.htm#:~:text=Hogmanay%20Traditional%20Celebrations&text=In%20Shetland%2C%20where%20the%20Viking,17th%20century%20to%20the%201950s.

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      Let’s Celebrate: A Holiday Origins PodcastBy RustyBrown