{"id":1069,"date":"2015-04-16T21:47:34","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T21:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/?p=1069"},"modified":"2015-04-04T21:50:09","modified_gmt":"2015-04-04T21:50:09","slug":"time-to-plan-new-years-eve-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/time-to-plan-new-years-eve-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to plan New Year\u2019s Eve 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plan your New Year\u2019s Eve party this year and make it something truly amazing by booking from Red Masque entertainment<\/a> directory. You will be able to use a lot more imagination than you thought possible \u2013 making 2016 come in with an even bigger bang!!!!<\/span><\/p>\n

The celebration of New Year is one of the oldest annual rituals, observed globally for thousands of years by all the ancient civilizations from the Egyptians and Mayans to the Chinese and Maoris.
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\n<\/span>It is possible to take part in a New Year celebration almost every month of the year as our own western observance of New Year\u2019s Day on\u00a0January 1st\u00a0only came into practice around 400 years ago.
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\n<\/span>Most of the older traditions base their new year around important social or astrological activities; the Egyptians celebrated the feast of Opet during the Nile\u2019s inundation, the Mayan New Year varies Chinese New Year changes annually with the year of the Monkey starting on January 22nd 2004 while the Celtic celebration of Samhain is held around Halloween.
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\n<\/span>Did you know? The first people to make resolutions were the ancient Babylonians over 4000 years ago, in the belief that whatever they did on the first day of the year would affect their entire year.
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\n<\/span>The ancient Babylonian New Year was dated to the first new moon (visible crescent) after the vernal, or spring, equinox (usually March), so if you need an excuse to party, Red Masque entertainment can offer a whole year of new and unusual opportunities!
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\n<\/span>Most New Year celebrations incorporate the ideas of fertility and good luck with reviewing the past year whilst hoping for a better year ahead. The customs we follow in the UK stem mainly from old Scottish traditions of Hogmanay, whose roots date back to the pagan mid-winter practice of sun and fire worship which later linked with the Roman winter festival of Saturnalia, a decadent and uninhibited feast of food, wine and fun.
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\n<\/span>If you stay at home, make sure that the first person over the threshold after\u00a0midnight\u00a0is a tall, dark, handsome man, preferably carrying coal, bread and whiskey! This is the Scottish tradition of First Footing and ensures good luck, health and wealth for the coming year.
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\n<\/span>Blondes and red heads are considered bad luck, stemming from the fear of rape and pillage by the fair haired Viking invaders!
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\n<\/span>In English and German folk belief, special significance was attached to the sex, stature, appearance, complexion and even the occupation of the first person one encountered in the New Year, and over the years we have taken this one step further and made a tradition of kissing a special person (or whoever\u2019s closest to hand) immediately as the New Year is ushered in. So get stuck in and have a very Happy New Year!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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