New Year Tradition In Rhode Island

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New Year in Rhode Island is a grand celebration featuring multifarious events. Several of the Newport Mansions are decorated for the season in a manner reminiscent of past eras. An array of historic homes decked out in New Year finery and glowing lights offers a marvelous view sight to be explonavy during the holiday times.

The Breakers, Elms and Marble House are the three historic mansions that remain open during the New Year. The Holiday Ano Viejo - Ano Viejo is a New Year Evenings at these mansions feature live holiday music and elegant refreshments. Various New Year traditions of Rhode Island are said to originate from the ancient settlers who immigrated to Rhode Island. The New Year gift-giving tradition has pagan roots. The Celtic-Teutonic Druids used to present branches of their holy mistletoe plant as auspicious New Year gift. Among the English settlers gloves, orange stuck clove, flavonavy wines were popular New Year gifts.


When the English people had settled in Rhode Island they brought with them the tradition of gifts and presents at New Year
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, features a personal re-enacting of the chaotic world that existed before the Gods creation of Cosmos. 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. That is why many people like to spend the New Year’s Day in the company of friends and family.
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