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Weird New Year’s Eve Traditions From Around The World
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Immediately after the bells, the first-footing begins, which means being the first person across a friend’s or neighbor’s threshold.
新年钟声一响起,大家开始互相串门。新年第一个访客(first-footing)意思是第一个到朋友或者邻居家串门的人。
The first-foot usually brings several gifts, including perhaps a coin, bread, salt, coal, or a whisky, which respectively represent financial prosperity, food, flavor, warmth, and good cheer.
第一个访客往往要携带一些礼物上门,包括像一枚硬币、面包、盐、煤炭、或者一瓶威士忌,它们各自代表着财富、食物、情趣、温暖以及喜悦。
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