First footing the New Year

I hope you all survived the holidays.

It was a wild time here in the "MooseStash", as you can see...

My youngest is sporting his new glasses, that he won from the

 "Plastic Wrap Game"on Christmas Eve.

I'd never heard of it until it showed up in my Facebook feed, but I have to tell you,

we haven't laughed that hard in years. I put a little spin on it, by adding 

those chocolate gold coins with numbers on them.

Once our ball was unwrapped,

 we had a white elephant drawing using those numbers.

It was so much fun, that the request has been made to do it again next year.

Everyone has an entire year to look for silly "white elephants".

I shudder to think what they will find!

LOL!!

New Years is a big holiday for my husbands side of the family.

My mother in law taught we how to roll sushi before she passed away,

 so every new years I bring the sushi to the big family get together.

 I'm thrilled to say my daughter in law is becoming a darn good sushi maker herself.

I see me passing that touch over to her before she knows it!

:-)

And of course with the start of the New Year...

I posted my very first of 365 Silly Holiday blocks!

Have you ever heard of it?

Well, I sure hadn't and I'm a bit surprised in my findings...

Just and FYI... my little thoughts on things are in italics!

Scottish and Northern English folklore tells us the "first-foot"

 is the first person to enter the home on New Years' Day

 and is seen as a bringer of good fortune for the coming year.

While it may be acceptable for the first-footer 

to be a resident of the house...they must not be in the house 

at the stroke of midnight in order to be the first footer. 

Going out of the house after midnight and coming back in 

is not considered first footing.

***What they are really saying is that's cheating! LOL!!***

Oh but wait... there are more "rules"...

It's said to be desirable for the first foot to be a tall, dark haired male.

A female or fair haired male are regarded as unlucky in some places.

In Sweden, having a fair skinned blond first foot is considered the highest 

blessing, and darker persons are considered bad luck.

**(Talk about your bias's...I see a lawsuit in the making today)**

hahahahaha

Many customs of First Footing are bringing coal, whiskey, a silver coin,

bread, salt, or evergreen. Knocking on doors and singing "Auld Lang Syne"

 to pass from the old to the new year

**(Today they would think you were drunk and likely call the police)**

for which fuel was gathered and food collected 

by reciting verses door to door, and a ritual 

fire lit to welcome crossing the threshold to the next world.

**(OK. now your door to door panhandling and setting fires?)**

But this last one really got me...

The Greek tradition likes to select the person, and after the first foot, 

the lady of the house serves the guests!

**(Oh, goodie goodie, I get to do it all!)**

Don't believe me...read it for yourself right 

HERE

The world's been crazy long before us!

Thankfully not every day is that controversial.

Jan 3rd was National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day...

What's not to love about that?

We are going to celebrate every silly day no matter how crazy it sounds.

You can see them daily on my Instagram and Facebook page.

(links on my right hand side bar)

Have a very "Happy"  SILLY New Year!

til next time...

Keep on Stitchin'