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[Farnaz20]

Hi every one,
I`m from Iran. Now I`m 23 years old and I`m studying my Master's degree. I was interested to meet lots of people from all over the world with the same purpose of improving their English. I started learning English when I was 12 years old and I stopped when I was accepted for the B.Sc. I think it was a big fault from me. Now it's about 2 month I've decided to improve myself. I need it for lots of reasons. specially for communicating with the others and for work, maybe for participating in an international conference.
I just think we learn lots of things from each other about the people around the world.
I was wondering if I could ask you all to share the others some information from your country. like historical places you have, your traditions, your believes and sth like that.
I'm looking forward to hearing from any of you, my friends?

[Farnaz20]

In Iran every family tries to clean their rooms and new their house as much as they can afford it. Our new year starts in spring. Schools and universities are off for 13 days. These days are holidays. Some people go to a trip around the cities and some others stay at home and visit their relatives. We just start from the elder’s in the family to the youngest and we meet each other. We although meet our friends during these days. When the new year arrives, the elders give a present to the youngest in their family and to the ones who just go to their house to visit them.
At the beginning of the new year we just set a table with specific foods and things. Like small red fishes, vegetables, apples, coins, flowers and some special foods which unfortunately I don’t know their names in English. They are just a symbol with pretty meanings. What about your countries?

[Farnaz20]

I meant, What do you do in the beginning of the new year in your country?

[Cata]

hello
My English is not so go that yours, but I'll try to tell you something.
I live in Chile, this country is located to the south of America. At the beginning of the new year we are in summer and students are in holidays. Here, people do the same that in your country, we share with our family and friends around a table with many food and other things, generally our dinner is meat in a barbecue (parrillada). Over table there are grape, lentils and people must eat 12 grape seeds to be lucky of the rest of the year. Some people take their suitcases and walk about one block in order to travel a lot during the new year. There are many and diferent things that here people do, but i think it doesn't matter what you do in that moment, the important thing is to be in family and that moment be especial.

[Irina3]

Hi! I would like to write a little bit too....

I am from Ukraine. In my country Ukrainian New Year Holiday - everybody's favourite holiday. People think that at night on New Year's eve the old year with all its troubles leaves us forever and the New Year with all our hopes and expectations knocks at our doors. People decorate the Christmas tree, have New Year parties and prepare presents for their relatives and friends.
On the eve of January the 7th, Ukrainians start celebrating Orthodox Christmas. It's the day of Jesus Christ's birthday and it is widely celebrated all over Ukraine. People sing carols, cook a traditional Ukrainian Christmas dish, named Kutya and all the family gathers together to eat it. Then some people go to church to listen to the Christmas sermon.

But now I live in Canada (only 5 month) and...
New Year's Day is celebrated on the first day of the year, January 1st. It is a statutory holiday throughout Canada. When New Year's Day falls on a Sunday, the next working day is considered a legal holiday.
The celebration of this holiday begins the night before, when people gather to wish each other a happy and prosperous coming year. People may dance, sing, and drink a toast to the year ahead. Horns are blown at midnight, and people hug and kiss to begin the new year with much love and happiness. At the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, people cheer and sing "Auld Lang Syne". The song, which means "old long since" or roughly "the good old days,"