Did you know that blowing out birthday candles is both a wish sent to the Gods and a way of keeping bad spirits at bay? Or that it’s bad luck to sweep your home on New Years Day? Join me as I travel the globe (via the internet) and discover some of the many ways we as humans celebrate the new beginnings of a birthday and a New Year. Just don’t forget to grab some chipped plates and exactly twelve grapes.

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