Swedish Ways: Nyårsdagen
Not so much if you took it easy.
There is of course time to start working on those new year's resolutions ... Did you make any? I normally don't, because I don't see the point. Losing weight? Yeah, well, I need to do that regardless of if it's a new year or not. Quit smoking? Never smoked. Exercise more? See the bit about losing weight ...
In Britain, if a red letter day falls on a weekend, the holiday is pushed to the next available Monday, so you get it back, meaning tomorrow is a Bank Holiday here. In Sweden, if a red letter day falls on a weekend, tough luck, you don't get it back, meaning today is a Sunday, tomorrow is a normal Monday. I much prefer the British way. ;)
There aren't that many traditions on New Year's Day, because it's kind of the Day After in many ways. Gone is the glamour of the night before, and you're left with washing up and if you had a party, cleaning up.
That's when you sink down into your sofa and watch the traditional airing of the 1982 Ivanhoe adaptation - the one with Sam Neill as Sir Brian de Bois Guilbert, as it happens! :)
Not so much in my family, however. As my mum has had a shop for longer than I care to remember, a new year means a new stock count. Think you can sleep in just because you stayed up late last night? You might get a little lie in, and then it's straight down to the shop to count things. This isn't a particularly fun thing to do at the best of times, but on New Year's Day in particular, when you'd rather just relax, crack nuts, peel clementines and drool over handsome knights, it kinda sucks. Especially if you also have a good dose of dyscalculia, which means numbers aren't exactly your strongest point.
But there you go, such are the New Year's Day traditions on my side of the family. Here in Britain, though, the Squeeze and I do nothing in particular. Which is nice. It's a new year, there's no rush.
How about you? How do you like to spend New Year's Day where you are?
Happy New Year :)
ReplyDeleteWishing you a year of health,
wealth, happiness, luck, warmth...
And loads of love of your dear ones!
Hope the New Year
showers you with...
All that is beautiful!
Happy New Year!
Tough luck in Denmark too - Have to start at work tomorrow :-(
ReplyDeleteYES I remember seeing Ivanhoe every year - do they still air it? Well the husband is seeing skijumping on the tv, so tough luck to me :-)
Wishing you a gReAt year - Godt Nytår:-)
RA hugs
Alfie.
I think nowadays, it's on TV3 rather than SVT, but yeah, as far as I know, they're still showing it. Shame you have to go to work tomorrow, though! My sympathies. *hugs*
ReplyDeleteNew Year's Day tradition in the southern US is to eat collard greens (representing paper money) and blackeyed peas (representing coins) to ensure wealth in the new year. So I made that, macaroni and cheese, and pork ribs. YUM. Our family tradition is to go for a (short) hike. Earlier in the day we packed a snack, walked up a hill and sat on a bench overlooking a meadow and a pond and held onto our hats (it was very windy). Then we took the girls to a playground to blow off more steam.
ReplyDeleteI never seem to keep my resolutions (keep the house clean, file papers for 15 minutes a day, boring stuff) but this year I'm going to go with...play the piano more often, so that shouldn't be too difficult.