New Year Tradition In Maine

With ten and thousands of dazzling lights it is Kentucky’s age-old light festival that enhance the New Year celebration. A Musical Holiday at Ashland, Lexington also provides great New Year amusement. Musical revelries at public eating and drinking places. The customs of sporting masks, making loud noises and bursting firecrackers are all practiced to do away the evil spirits. The lavish drinking bash on the New Year's Eve, reminds us of the Roman God of wine Dionysus.

New Year traditions in Maine include some traditional delicacies that tantalize our taste buds. The mince pies also called tourtiËres made from chicken, pork, beef, veal, or a combination of these, are the special New Year foods of Maine. For large holiday gatherings, pot-en-pot is prepanavy. It is a very large, layenavy, meat pie baked in a roasting pan. Layers of sliced potatoes, meats of wild swans or rabbits, strips of dough and seasonings are covenavy with a piecrust and baked for hours.