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New Year is one of the holidays that dates beck to a long way in the past. It can be said that from the time when civilization steadily came into being and was merging with the various aspects of life, in those far of past, the tradition of New Year emerges. Although there had been favorable changes in the New Year History but it can be said that the event having its root in the by gone eras has so many traditions guarding it. The gifting traditions on New Year stand on the first and foremost position of the innumerable New Year Traditions. The gifting traditions on New Year are one of the traditions that are going on for a long time and have even been adapted by the ultra modern generation.
The Gifting traditions on New Year are followed by exchanging gifts on the auspicious moment of the New Year’s Eve when the clock struck 12. There is an entire range of New Year Gifts available. The range varies from very simple to valuable gifts but it is not the value which in important in gifting but it happens to be the love that adorns the gift. It can be a diamond ring to a bunch of roses but it is the heart with which the gift is provided matters.
The Gifting traditions on New Year dates to back to an era even before the birth of Christ and it were prevalent in the major European countries, such as, Switzerland, Greece, France and Russia. It was the Romans and the Celts who started the gift giving traditions and the Greeks called it Strenae to refer Strenia , the goddess of ‘luck’. Initially, the gifts comprised a bundle of plants considered as holy. Later on, nuts and coins imprinted with the image of Janus, a Greek God having two faces were also exchanged in forms of gifts.
The inhabitants of England and Scotland have a unique tradition of gifting. Gifting formed an essential part of the New Year Celebration in this country and the main initiative was taken by Queen Elizabeth in development of the custom. The practice continued at full fledged until Oliver Cromwell and the band of Puritans had control over the power. One of the most noted gifts happened to be gloves and oranges attributed with cloves, they were mainly used for preserving wines. The English carried these gifting traditions of New Year to America.
So, help the tradition of gifting on New Year continue forever.
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