New Year's Traditions , From Around the World.<br />Ecuador.<br />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.<br />Spain.<br />For each of the final 12 seconds of the year, <br />reveling Spaniards will gobble down one grape <br />for good luck in every month of the new year.<br />Denmark.<br />Danes ring in the New Year by breaking old dishes on the doorsteps of friends and family.<br />Chile.<br />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.<br />Greece.<br />New Year's in Greece looks more like Christmas <br />in other parts of the world, complete with the <br />Greek Santa Claus, gifts exchange and caroling.<br />Central and South America.<br />The color of a person's New Year's underwear <br />in this region of the world is thought to increase <br />fortune or even bring more love and happiness
