Onesie New Years Eve

Posted on: 31/12/2014

Onesie New Years

Onesie New Years Eve New Years Eve is an important date in everyone's calendar. It's one of the oldest festivals in the British Isles, although having roots in Roman times, where people marked the occasion by feasting, dancing, singing and exchanging gifts, it is celebrated all over the world! In China, food's associated with luck or good fortune are served on New Year's Eve. These foods tend to be traditional, such as a whole chicken symbolising family togetherness, noodles representing long life, and spring rolls, because of their similar shape to gold bars, indicate wealth. In Spain, there is an old folk tradition that on New Years Eve in which twelve grapes are eaten (one for each chime on the clock as it strikes midnight). It is thought to protect against witches and evil spirits to ensure 12 happy months in the year ahead. In Scotland, and elsewhere in the UK, a widespread tradition called 'first footing' is said to bring good fortune to the household for the coming year. 'First Footing' is when the first friend or relative to cross the threshold after midnight brings symbolic gifts of coal, shortbread and whisky. In Germany, people leave some food on their plate at the New Year's Eve meal as a way of ensuring a well-stocked kitchen in the year ahead. In Denmark, people save old dishes and throw them at the doors of their friends' homes on New Year's Eve. If you find many broken dishes by your door on New Year's Day, it is a sign that you have many friends. What will you be getting up to tonight? Linking arms with friends and family  in your onesies while singing 'Auld Lang Syne' to welcome the New Year, popping the corks and toasting to the wonderful times ahead, or having a quiet night in with your loved ones? Whatever you get up too, we hope that you have a lovely last night of 2014! Why not create a brand new onesie to welcome in the New Year? Just head to our personalised onesie builder today!