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NEW YEARS TRADITIONS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD!!!

    The dawning of the bright new year is celebrated worldwide. -  In Australia the largest celebrations are held in Melbourne and Sydney.  It is party time and wonderful fireworks displays especially along Sydney harbor.  Over a million and a half partake in this annual event in each of the cities.  - In Brazil , the Corrida de Sylvestre , the Saint Sylvester marathon is a yearly event where athletes parade downtown in Saint Sao Brazil.  Brazilians also traditionally wear white on New Years Eve. - In -Canada , New Years Eve is either celebrated with family or friends in parties and social gatherings.  It is traditional in Montreal to go out to dinner and a show for New Years Eve, as an alternative to staying home with family.  There are fireworks and party goers everywhere on the streets of Montreal and Toronto. The Montreal streets are still lit up from Christmas. -  In Quebec the tradition is a bit different from the rest of Canada.  La Veille (eve) is also celeb

WINTER FESTIVALS IN QUEBEC, CANADA, EH!!!

     Visitors from all over the world will be playing in the snow and enjoying the winter festivities at one of the biggest winter celebrations that Canada has to offer.  Quebec, Canada has been host to the winter wonderland known to locals as "Carnaval de Quebec", for more than 50 years and shows no signs of slowing down anytime in the near future as this year's carnival will see more than 400 unique activities.  It has been dubbed as the "The coolest Part in the World", and why not?  It has all of the offerings that you would expect form traditions Nordic culture, only they have went all out and included events for people of all generations, tastes, and backgrounds.       The Winter Carnival got its start in 1894 and has grown each consecutive year by updating events and festivities to fit every lifestyle.  Starting at the end of January and lasting up until the middle of February.  Quebec opens its doors for a winter celebration that

AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE DOKTOR!!

   Now that all of the major holidays are over (Halloween, Christmas and Thanksgiving), there are still many different holidays and festivals found throughout the United States and all over the world.  I have sent out liaison's to scour the globe to bring you these different festivities and holidays from people like you and me and how they celebrate the rest of the year.  If you know of anything you  would like seen or heard of please leave me a message or a note and I will send out someone to investigate everything  I can find out  about that celebration.  I will leave no rock unturned to find it!  Starting with January and throughout the rest of the year.  I have also not been very receptive to leaving my own comments.  I love reading your comments!!!  I will make it one of my 1st priorities to give my responses to the comments made to my blog, and if you have a blog I am going to come and visit you since you have taken the time to visit me! Please let me know what you think of