New Year's Eve is a grand celebration in Iceland with thousands of people attending community bonfires and exchanging happy New Year wishes. At midnight the sky lights up with spectacular fireworks from almost every house in Iceland.
New year celebrations in Iceland brim with various age-old traditions. With New Year on threshold Icelanders have started to pull their old hat filled with innumerable New Year traditions. Have a look at some interesting New Year Traditions in Iceland. New Year's Eve is very sanctimonious to the Icelanders. The ceremony begins in the evening with the mass at Reykjavik's Cathedral , which almost every Icelander listens to on the radio. A grand family dinner is hosted after that. Then families with children usually go together to attend a big fire in the neighborhood.
Bonfires and firecrackers were lit on New Year's Eve to chase away evil forces. At midnight there is tradition to enter the house from the front door and exit from the back door for good luck. New Year festivities come to an end on January 6, with a special celebration of the Twelfth Night . There is a belief that elves and trolls come out and celebrate with people, dancing and singing on twelfth night. They offer blessings to the masses.
A praise worthy tradition between various New Year traditions in Iceland is to greet one another with one kiss on the cheek . Everyone is addressed on a first name basis except the President and the Bishop of Iceland.
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