Holyday Traditions
Jan. 1st, 2009 03:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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darthanne about regional traditions and realised I forgot to post about one of my favourite Southwestern ones:
... Johannes and I both grew up calling these 'Luminario', but it seems like most people know them as 'Luminaria'. Either or?
The traditional way to do these is to get a brown paper bag, fold the top edges down, fill the bottom with sand or gravel and put in a votive or tea candle. I've also seen small bricks with holes carved in them for the candle. They're usually seen on Christmas Eve, but with the electric kind coming out in recent years (such as these), they're seen more commonly throughout December.
Albuquerque especially does massive displays.
The electric ones are cool too, cause then the candle doesn't blow out. ^__^
The original conversation came about because we were talking about the Southern tradition of eating black-eyed peas on New Years.
Any other New Years traditions people do?
darthanne about regional traditions and realised I forgot to post about one of my favourite Southwestern ones:... Johannes and I both grew up calling these 'Luminario', but it seems like most people know them as 'Luminaria'. Either or?
The traditional way to do these is to get a brown paper bag, fold the top edges down, fill the bottom with sand or gravel and put in a votive or tea candle. I've also seen small bricks with holes carved in them for the candle. They're usually seen on Christmas Eve, but with the electric kind coming out in recent years (such as these), they're seen more commonly throughout December.
Albuquerque especially does massive displays.
The electric ones are cool too, cause then the candle doesn't blow out. ^__^
The original conversation came about because we were talking about the Southern tradition of eating black-eyed peas on New Years.
Any other New Years traditions people do?
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Date: 2009-01-02 07:26 pm (UTC)We also take down all the christmas decorations on the first, because my dad's family always did it for luck.
My mom's family eat black eyed peas for luck and collared greens for money on New Year's Day.
Good luck to everyone in this new year.
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Date: 2009-01-05 03:16 am (UTC)I learned it as 'white rabbit, white rabbit, white rabbit' but the variation I tend to stick to is 'rabbit, rabbit, white rabbit'. I understand it varies from region to region which one you said.
My mother's side of the family, who was Roman Catholic for many years, took everything down on 6 Jan, Epiphany. And the 12th day after Christmas. #^^#
Thanks! Good luck to you too!