Philippines New Year's Eve Superstition

In my childhood, my father would always 'bring the New Year in' as follows: A few minutes before midnight, he (as the oldest male in the house) would go outside and all of the lights in the house would be turned off. When midnight struck (in the early days, it would be the church clock but later, when we had a radio, it was the chimes of Big Ben), he would knock at the door holding a lighted candle and a piece of coal and my mother would open the door and kiss him. Then everyone would wish each other a Happy New Year and we would sing the song "For Auld Lang Syne" (which in English means "For Old Long Since" or "For Old Times Past") and we children would rush around the house turning on every light we could find. Drinks would be poured and we would all toast the New Year. I'm not sure where this tradition came from but I suspect that my father made it up - or adapted it - from "First Footing", which is a Northern English and a Scottish tradition which brings good luck and prosperity into the house. Both my mother and my father were born in Kent, which is in the South of England!

For some strange reason I have never heard of that tradition before and we have never practiced it in our own hone.

I'm not good with collecting coins, because I end up spending them.

I was born in Italy, we eat 12 grape berries while the clock strikes midnight. The first day of the year, lentils and small round fruits (grapes, pomegranates).

That sounds like fun, do you just throw them at midnight or does someone hide them for you to search

Wow I like this tradition of yours, we don't have anything as such here but I would love to participate in your tradition and become a winner. By the way the winner has to return back the money he collected or is he to keep it for himself

When I was young, my aunts and uncles would often tell us to put coins in our pocket before Midnight of New Year strikes. We also place coins in each windows of our home to welcome financial luck. Aside from coins, the jumping is also a superstitious belief that you will grew taller (which I am still hopeful that I would grow tall). Preparations in the table including the 12 fruits that are round - for financial luck. Wearing the lucky color. Lighting up all the lights in the house to shoo the bad vibes. Make a sound from your home as loud as you can and last but not the least is the cleanliness of your home, :)

I've heard of putting coins scattered around the house, but I did not know that was during New Years

The only tradition I have is to watch the ball drop in Times Square, and wait until midnight before going to bed.

there are still some loose change/coins in our windows. we also have some round fruits, and all our wallets had money inside before 2017 left and 2018 came

As a child, I used to wait for the new year to get gifts of coins from older family members. Though this tradition is mostly followed, the young get it throughout the year now! I still treasure what my mother has given me but the amount is not the issue - siva

Apparently here in Kenya, I don’t know of any superstition. People go to Church while others go partying.

we dont do that.next year we will do it.