New Year's Traditions <br />From Around the World Ecuadorians burn away <br />past bad luck and scare away <br />future bad luck by burning a paper-<br />stuffed scarecrow outside of their homes. For each of the final 12 seconds of the year, <br />reveling Spaniards will gobble <br />down one grape for good luck <br />in every month of the new year. Danes ring in the New Year <br />by breaking old dishes on <br />the doorsteps of friends <br />and family. Chileans include their <br />lost loved ones in their New Year's <br />celebrations by visiting cemeteries <br />and setting up chairs next to their graves. New Year's in Greece looks more like <br />Christmas in other parts of the world, <br />complete with the Greek Santa Claus, <br />gifts exchange and caroling. The color of a person's New Year's underwear <br />in this region of the world is thought to <br />increase fortune or even bring <br />more love and happiness.
