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New Year’s traditions around the world Each December 31st, people anxiously await and count down to the arrival of the new year. January 1 often is a time for reflection and for making future plans. It also is a holiday full of tradition. Notable New Year’s traditions include toasting champagne beneath skies lit up by fireworks, kissing one’s sweetheart at midnight and making resolutions to better oneself in the year ahead. New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day traditions vary across the globe. The following is a look at the unique ways people ring in the new year throughout the world. • Filipinos embrace round fruits for the new year. The custom includes gathering 12 different round fruits for each month of the year. The round shape symbolizes wealth and prosperity. • Around Stonehaven, Scotland, people wield large fireballs for the Hogmanay festival on New Year’s Eve. The idea is to ward off evil spirits by swinging balls of fires over the heads of trained professionals and then tossing them into the sea. The tradition has endured for more than 100 years.
• In the Eastern Orthodox Greek Church, Christmas isn’t celebrated until January 7. Aghios Vassilis, the Greek Santa Claus, makes his rounds on New Year’s Day.
Since April, they have celebrated the arrival of Thagyamin, a celestial Buddhist figure, with the firing of water cannons. The water-logged revelry ends with the new year.
• Chilean families celebrate the arrival of the new year by commemorating deceased friends and family members. It is common for those in Chile to set up chairs next to graves in the cemetery.
• Siberians celebrate the new year’s with the planting of the “New Year’s Tree” underneath frozen lakes. This “yolka” is said to symbolize the coming of Father Frost, but also represents starting over.
• In Denmark, residents break old dishes on the doorsteps of family and friends on New Year’s Day. The bigger the pile, the more friends and good will in the new year.
• Burmese people end the Thingyan • Grapes are a hallmark of • In China, where the new year is water festival on New Year’s Day. Spanish New Year’s celebrations. celebrated on February 5 this year according to the lunar calendar, celebrants paint their doors red or hang red curtains or cutouts on windows to symbolize good luck.
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people believe the baby begins as an infant in January and then quickly ages until he is elderly at the end of December. Some stories People from around the world even suggest Baby New Year ages celebrate to mark the arrival of the until he becomes Father Time. new year. One New Year tradition that has survived through the Early Christians did not like centuries is that of Baby New Year the tradition of Baby New Year, and its image of a toddler wearing feeling it was a pagan celebration. only a diaper, sash and top hat. However, the Church eventually revised its standing when it saw Baby New Year can be traced to how much people stood behind 600 B.C. in Greece and Egypt. the imagery of a baby representing Historians note that Greeks rebirth. The Christian Church believed Dionysus, their God of allowed members to celebrate the fertility and wine, was reborn every new year with a baby, and it was New Year as a spirit of fertility and believed the practice symbolized luck. Greeks would celebrate with the birth and hope offered by baby parades featuring a baby in a cradle Jesus. to represent the birth of Dionysus. Ancient Egyptians used a baby as a Baby New Year symbolism has symbol to represent rebirth as well. even been used for marketing The child symbolized the birth of purposes. Retailers realized the the new year and the passing of the cherubic image would attract old one. consumers, which is why it is now used to promote New Year’s sales. Over the years, the tradition of Baby New Year has taken on But Baby New Year is more than another meaning as well. Some just a successful marketing tool.
Each year, many cities and villages name their own Baby New Year, which is the first child born on January 1. Some attempts to name a Baby New Year for an entire country have been made, but there have
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January 1st Light Up Putnam PUTNAM - “Light Up the New Big Ornament for the New Year” 2019 comes to Rotary Park in Downtown Putnam, CT on Tuesday January 1, 2019 at 4:30PM. As part of this season’s Holiday events, the Town of Putnam and Putnam Business Association are illuminating the New Big Ornament on New Year’s Day Tuesday January 1, 2019 at 4:30pm at Rotary Park on Kennedy Drive. The event will include light refreshments and music. The magnificent 28foot Ornament will be large enough for people to walk through with a path in the middle and will be a great photo opportunity for all!! This event is free to the public. Bring a lawn chair to enjoy our brief ceremony and help get the New Year Brighter! Together Putnam will Shine!
January 2nd Mercy Meals DUDLEY - Mercy Meals will be served at St. Andrew Bobola Church, 54 West Main St., Dudley, MA at 5pm for the needy and homeless on the first and third Wednesday of month, starting in December. Healthy meals include hot soup and a sandwich.
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WEBSTER - Saturday, January 5, 1pm to 3pm – Book signing meet and greet with children’s author Anna Staniszewski at Booklovers’ Gourmet, 55 East Main Street, Webster. Born in Poland and raised in the United States, Anna Staniszewski grew up loving stories in both Polish and English. She was a Writer-in-Residence at the Boston Public Library and a winner of the PEN New England Susan P. Bloom Discovery Award. Currently, Anna lives south of Boston with her family and teaches courses on writing and children’s literature at Simmons College. When she’s not writing, Anna spends her time reading, daydreaming, and challenging unicorns to games of hopscotch. She is the author of several tween novels, including The Dirt Diary and Once Upon a Cruise, and the picture books Power Down, Little Robot and Dogosaurus Rex. For more information call 508-949-6232 or visit her website www.annastan.com
January 9th Talk, Tears, & Tea (a Substance Abuse Family Support Group) LEICESTER - Do you have someone struggling with an addiction? Do you feel lost and alone? Please join us for Talk, Tears and Tea on Wednesday, January 9 from 7pm to 8:30pm at the Leicester Fire Department (please enter the main lobby of the station upper level). Talk, Tears and Tea is a circle of support for those needing help in dealing with a loved one suffering from opiates and other drug addictions. We are offering our support, experieneces from the journey’s we have traveled while on the path of a loved one suffering. We will help you navigate where to turn for treatment, share resources and offer advice from our hearts. Anything said at the meeting stays at the meeting. This is a no judgement safe zone. Meetings are held every 2nd Tuesday of every month. Contact Talktearstea@ gmail.com. Monthly Writers Group WEBSTER - Wednesday January
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January 12th January Art Show: Slices of Life: Photography by CameraMonkey WEBSTER - Photography featuring landscapes, black & white, textures & a different view of life by Andy Mihail will be on display and for sale January 5-31 at Booklovers’ Gourmet, 55 East Main Street, Webster. A meet the artist reception will take place on Saturday, January 12 from 2pm to 4pm with light refreshments. Free and open to the public. Call 508-949-6232 for more information. Gallery hours: TuesdayFriday 10-6:30, Saturday 10-5. Artist statement: Photography has always been a part of my life. From the little 110 camera I received as a present in the early 80s, to the DSLRs I use today. High school provided me with a very wacky, out of the box thinker for a photography teacher, whom I credit for letting me see the world a little bit differently. My eye wanders to many different things to shoot, but those high school years shooting black & white film has taught me to love leading lines & textures. I love a rusty car & and peeling paint on an old building! Being a great influence, Ansel Adams taught me to search out landscapes. I love catching a dramatic sky, morning mists or a firey sunrise! Pops of color & finding the “slices of life” among our everyday existence is what you can also find in my work. I grew up in Indiana, moving to Massachusetts just under 20 years ago. Married to an amazing woman & father to a teen daughter, I spend
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January 17th Common Ground Memory Café DUDLEY – Thursday, January 17. FREE to Caregivers/family/friends/ loved ones, and especially individuals who are suffering with memory issues due to Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Parkinson’s, or other brain difficulties. Come and enjoy a fun date together, complete with a light meal and refreshments. We offer live music programs, art programs, games, ping pong, etc. The monthly Memory Café is meant to be a great time out together, sharing laughter, and non-judgmental, fun times! Please RSVP to Margaret, Call 508-9498015 X3. Walk-In friends are always welcome! The Memory Café is scheduled to take place every third Thursday at 3pm-5pm. Come and join us for some FUN and refreshments! This Memory Café is sponsored by Massachusetts Councils on Aging, through the Office of Elder Affairs.
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Do you LOVE golf? The area’s premier private 18-hole golf course is now accepting memberships for the 2019 season.
241 Country Home Rd. (Route 21) Thompson, CT
We are now offering Affordable Memberships for: Singles • Families Juniors Young Adults Businesses
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A membership at Quinnatisset offers the following benefits: • Impeccable layout to challenge players of all levels • Private course without the “private” price tag • No tee times required! (play on your schedule) • Rounds under 4 hours • Practice area included in membership • Very limited outside tournaments • No restrictions for walking • Cart rentals available or you can purchase your own cart
www.quinnatisset.com/golf/membership-information.php Call us at 860-928-7516 or email: quinnatissetproshop@gmail.com Located just minutes from Massachusetts and Rhode Island in scenic Thompson, CT
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CROSSWORD THEME: CARTOON CHARACTERS
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ACROSS 1. Middle Eastern staple 6. What I do with my little eye? 9. Cookbook abbr. 13. Potato State? 14. Romanian money 15. Sign of a saint, pl. 16. *Rabbit's first name 17. Brow shape 18. Like Bananas Foster
19. *Scooby-Doo's best friend 21. *Eric of "South Park" 23. *Mr. Duck, to friends 24. Hippocrates' promise 25. TV tube in days yore 28. Vegan's staple 30. Islamic scholars 35. Hems and ____ 37. *Tramp, e.g. 39. Mountie uniform fabric
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PROFESSIONAL AUTOMOTIVE, MARINE & MOTORCYCLE UPHOLSTERING: Seats, door panels, head liners, carpeting, vinyl roofs & ROUTE 169 ANTIQUES: Paying convertible tops. Reasonable Rates. CASH for antiques. Accepting Dealers Dan: 774-289-2727 for Multi Dealer Group Shop. 884 Worcester Street, Southbridge MA. 774-230-1662
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CASH PAID: Antiques, old toys, glass, OUTSIDE SALESPERSON: To furniture, military, old watches, lamps, promote local businesses selling Print clocks, pottery, gold & silver. 508-949& On-line Advertising. Flexible 24 hour 6030 or 774-230-9937 part-time schedule. Must have a valid driver’s license & reliable vehicle. EXCELLENT opportunity for right person with a team player attitude. 508-943-5300
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GRILL: Like new. $175. 774-275CASH FOR YOUR CAR OR TRUCK: 0456 Putnam Chrysler pays CASH for your car or truck whether you buy from usSCAN-TO-EMAIL HUSQVARNA SNOW THROWER: or not! 860-963-2277 $100. 508-943-7181
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HIGHEST PRICES PAID: FREE junk ROUND TABLE: Two (2) extensions. car & truck removal. 401-639-9398 Captains chairs. $50. 508-269-1369
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SNOW-SNOW-SNOW: Several Pre-Owned Snowblowers, Cleaned, Serviced, Tested & Ready for the Next Storm! Prices Starting at ONLY $199. DELIVERY AVAILABLE. Stop in or Call. Carl’s Service Station. Rt 197 & 131, Quinebaug, CT. Mon-Fri 8am-5pm. Sat 8am-12pm. 860-935-5063 TROY-BILT PONY SIT DOWN LAWN MOWER: 42”, 15.5hp. Model 13WM77K5011. No Bagger. Purchased 7/2/16. $600. 508-7627177 YARDMAN SNOW BLOWER: 5.5 hp, 22”. New auger belt. Recently tuned. $175. 508-949-2369
HOME SERVICES LOCAL SEMI RETIRED CARPENTER SEEKING WORK: 25 PLUS years experience as owner operator of a finish carpentry business. SMALL JOBS WELCOMED! Oxford, MA. Dick Shumway 727-458-9835 PRECISION TRADE WORKS: Aerial crane work, TREE WORK, roofing & painting. Ryan: 860-458-9361
FOR LEASE POMFRET CENTER, CT: Commercial Building Lot suitable for 1,000 to 10,000 sq. ft. building. For Sale/ Lease/Build to Suit. 3 Phase Electric Available. Contact: rose.construction@ snet.net or 860-928-4072
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POWER EQUIPMENT REPAIRS: Husqvarna, Gravely & Ariens specialists. CITY POWER EQUIPMENT. Rt 20 Charlton, MA. 508-248-7464 COMMERCIAL, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL & STORAGE SPACE: 1,000 to 10,000 square feet facility located in Pomfret, CT. Call Rose Construction. 860-928-4072 DOCUMENT SHREDDING: Safely dispose of your old important documents using our secure shredding service. Shredding is available MondayFriday 8:30-5:00. ONLY $1 per pound. Smart Shopper 31 Thompson Rd. Webster. 508-949-5300
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CLASSIFIEDS HAPPY NEW YEAR: The Smart Shopper Team would like to wish a VERY HAPPY 2019 to all of our readers & customers!
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