Be the Change

New Year traditions

I grew up in Pennsylvania, so it's pretty much required that I eat pork and sauerkraut on New Year's Day for good luck. (It's a Pennsylvania Dutch thing, from what I understand, dating back to 1600).

I don't believe in most superstitions, but I take part in a lot of them, anyway. I like a good pork & 'kraut meal once a year, so I don't mind that one at all. I also put a three wisemen Christmas card above my front door and leave it there for the whole year, for prosperity. My husband's family had one about putting a silver dollar (or some kind of coin) in your bathtub for the first week or so of the new year.

I felt like I had a pretty good 2009. We bought our first brand new car, and we went to NJ on a mini-vacation for a friend's wedding. We had mostly good health, and we're both still employed. I have high hopes for 2010, too.

We almost feel like we should do whatever we did last year so we have the same good fortune this year!

Do you have any traditions? What do you do for luck & prosperity?

Happy New Year!