Celebrating New Year!
New year is just two days away. The celebration of the new year is the oldest of all holidays. It was first practiced in ancient Babylon about 4000 years ago. In the years around 2000 BC, the Babylonian New Year began with the first New Moon. The Babylonian New Year celebration lasted for eleven days. Moreover, in 153 BC, the Roman senate, declared January 1 to be the beginning of the New Year.
Traditionally, it was thought that one could affect the luck they would have throughout the coming year by what they did or ate on the first day of the year. It has become common for people to celebrate the first few minutes of a brand new year in the company of family and friends. Parties often last into the middle of the night after the ringing in of a new year. It was once believed that the first visitor on New Year’s Day would bring either good luck or bad luck the rest of the year. Traditional New Year foods are also thought to bring luck. Many cultures believe that anything in the shape of a ring is good luck, because it symbolizes “coming full circle,” completing a year’s cycle. Even the Dutch believe that eating donuts on New Year’s Day will bring good fortune. In the U.S. celebrate the New Year by consuming black-eyed peas. Black-eyed peas and other legumes have been considered good luck in many cultures. Cabbage is another “good luck” vegetable that is consumed on New Year’s Day by many. Cabbage leaves are also considered a sign of prosperity, being representative of paper currency.
Halloween!
Halloween will be here before we know it! So, what’s your plan? Are you ready to wear your scary suit? Well, I am not sure for tomorrow yet. Have you ever wondered how Halloween got started?
Back in more than 2,000 years. The Europe’s Celtic people celebrated their New Year’s Day on November 1, called Samhain (SAH-win). The night before Samhain, people thought spirits, Fairies, demons, and other creatures were to walk the Earth as they traveled to the afterlife. They sacrificed animals to the gods by gathering around bonfires. And they wore animal skin costumes and wearing masks to confuse spirits, perhaps to avoid being possessed. Moreover, the Celts costumed as spirits are believed to have gone from house to house engaging in silly acts in exchange for food and drink, which is the “trick-or-treating” now.
Then, Samhain was later adopted by Catholic for pagan holidays. And In the seventh century Pope Boniface IV decreed November 1 All Saints’ Day, or All Hallows’ Day. The night before Samhain continued to be observed with bonfires, costumes, and parades, under a new name: All Hallows’ Eve—later “Halloween.”
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Flu fashions protection
Let us protect ourselves from swine flu or any type of flu nowadays. Swine flu has affected a lot of people here in North America. The swine flu can pass easily from humans to humans just like human flu. One of the ways to prevent swine flu is to always wash your hands with soap or hand sanitizer before you put anything in your mouth and wear a mask to protect yourself from inhaling this bug. And speaking of mask, I really don’t like wearing the typical disposal mask on. I would prefer to wear the new flu fashion respirators. I don’t rely on these disposal masks because they are not perfectly designed to protect usa gainst swine flu. These flu fashion respirators are designed in bandana style (see photos below). I like it in bandana style. I can still look great while I am protected. However, I came across NIOSH surgical N95 particular respirators or masks, which have filtration level and fluid resistance. These kind of respirators prevent us from inhaling any airborne microbes. Are you interested in these bandana style masks check out www.flufashion.net or Click here to view mask designs.
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