10 Global New Year’s Traditions and Parties
When it comes time to celebrate the passing of another year, people around the world often gather together and make a lot of noise in order to demonstrate their good cheer.
When it comes time to celebrate the passing of another year, people around the world often gather together and make a lot of noise in order to demonstrate their good cheer.
The hangover has subsided, and the noise makers and funny hats have been thrown away, so now New Year’s revelers are just left with the resolutions they made when the clock struck midnight. Unfortunately, most of us may even throw those out as well.
New Year’s resolutions: Most people don’t live up to them, but everyone makes ‘em — even your favorite hard rockers. How do we know? Thanks to the good people at Noisecreep, who asked a long list of rock’s heaviest hitters to share their plans for 2012, including Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine, Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess, Halestorm singer Lzzy Hale, Skillet vocalist John Cooper and Black Veil Brides frontman Andy Biersack.
Is the best way to deal with notoriously hard-to-keep New Year’s resolutions avoiding them altogether? According to a new poll, a plurality of Americans seem to think so.
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Every year, Merriam-Webster adds a few ridiculous, flavor-of-the-minute words like 'bootylicious,' 'McJob,' and any non-existent words that Sarah Palin used in a speech to their dictionary. We decided to do the opposite and eliminate the ten words that annoyed us the
Well 2011 is winding down, and as you reflect on the passing year, you realize that it wasn’t as great as you thought it would be.
While 2011 is about to be gone forever, you can still get a neat little recap of the year that was from WGNA 107.7 on-air personality Richie Phillips’ annual year-in-review song.
Set to the tune of ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic,’ ‘Rhymin’ Richie’ sings all the big events and bold-faced names of 2011.
Department stores and shopping malls aren’t the only retailers that experience a holiday rush. Liquor stores are stocked with lots of treats for any and all holiday parties.
As you start to think about your New Year’s diet (really, don’t we all have one planned?), a small Norwegian study has found a little eating between meals won’t necessarily torpedo your weight-loss goals.