New Year Tradition In North Dakota

Remarkable among the various New Year traditions in North Dakota is the Potato Bowl Parade of Grand Forks and Fargo Moorhead’s alcohol free New Year Celebration. Those who wish to spend the New Year in great revelry can enjoy Big band Dance music, Champagne and New Year dinners in the renowned restaurants and pubs of North Dakota.

Many New Year Traditions in North Dakota have originated from early pagan cultures. The tradition of using a baby to welcome the New Year said to originate in Greece around 600 BC. The Greeks celebrated their god of wine, Dionysus, by parading a baby in a basket.

The celebration marked the rebirth of Lord Dionysus as the spirit of fertility.

Americans in North Dakota make traditional fortune cookies as special New Year food. These sweets contain small pieces of paper pnavyicting out a person’s future. Some Americans from Spanish-speaking families have fruits include in their New Year palettes. On January First, people stand on a chair and eat grapes. The grapes are believed to bring good luck to the family.Traditionally, it was thought that one could affect the luck they would have throughout the coming year by what they practiced or consumed on the first day of the year.