SUPERSTITION OR TRADITION?

New Years Eve is a special time 

for Marie and myself. 

We both have traditions that have 

been handed down by our families
though the years. Let's take a look 
at them and see what they mean.

Marie's Family Tradition

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On New Years Eve Marie 

takes a glass of water and gently 

breaks an egg into the water and 

leaves it over night. It's supposed 

to show you something wonderful 

on New Years Morning. 

And it does! Look very closely at 

what is in Marie's egg 
New Years morning...

Do you see her? She's there. 

Look with your heart. 

 There's an arched alcove at the top. Inside 
the alcove is a curved part that looks 
like a veil draped over a woman's head.
 Her face looks off to the left with

 praying hands under her chin. 
If you guessed the Virgin Mary you're right!
You can click on the picture to try to get 
a better look at it. Marie says it's quite 
well defined when looking up close 
through the glass.    

Amazing isn't it? What a blessing to receive 

on New Years Day. 

When Marie's brother was a boy he did the 

egg tradition. The next morning the egg had 

formed a perfect parachute. When he became 

an adult he was a Paratrooper in the Army and 

parachuted out of many a plane. He went on to 

be a Green Beret. 
Coincidence? You be the judge. 

Marie said there's always some kind of 
picture in the glass the next morning. 
Our friend Cheryle had a perfect stingray 
in her glass this year on New Years morning!  

Sherry's Family Tradition

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 An old Dutch German tradition in my 

family is to set silver coins outside on  

New Years Eve and bring them in on 

New Years Day as a symbol of bringing 

prosperity into the home for the New Year.
My Grandmother taught us the custom 
which she learned from her parents. 

One year our oldest son had just come 

home from work on New Years Eve shortly 

before the count down on Dick Clark's show. 

The count down started as we were chatting 

to him. All of a sudden I panicked and yelled 

" We forgot to put the coins outside!!!" 

Our son happened to be standing by the back 

door. He reached in his pocket and grabbed 

a handful of change, opened the back door, 

and gave the coins a good sling outside! 

Just then the clock struck midnight. 

We made it under the wire thanks to our son! 

The next summer my dear hubby was finding 

coins in the herb garden, the flower beds 

and in the lawn for quite a while! 

So we try to be sure to put our coins out 

ahead of time now. 

Hope you liked our unusual traditions! 
Please let us know if you have any 
traditions for New Years Eve in your family. 

Blessings to all of you til next time!
Marie & Sherry
xoxo