Tonight is New Year's Eve and Triple A will drive you home. The "Tipsy Tow" will prevent drunk drivers from driving and will take you up to 10 miles. To check if this service is available in your area here is the number. #1800-AAA. You don't have to be a member!
http://www.hlntv.com/article/2011/12/29/aaa-tipsy-tow-new-years-eve?hpt=hp_t2
http://www.hlntv.com/article/2011/12/29/aaa-tipsy-tow-new-years-eve?hpt=hp_t2
What is New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve is an ancient holiday and has many spiritual meanings. Ancient Romans celebrated with six days of carousing and dancing in the streets. St. Boniface was appalled in the way the Romans celebrated the holiday, due to heathenish cries, sacrilegious songs and women wearing amulets and offering them for sale.
In ancient Babylon it was the days between Winter Solstice and the New Year and the struggles between Chaos and Order with taking over the world. Hindu, Chinese and Celtic viewed it as reversing order and rules-celebrants would change roles with servants or dress in costumes for a time until order was restored.
In Italy you are told to watch for falling objects "out with the old and in with the new." They throw out their old sofas, refrigerators and chairs through the window.
In Ecuador they make stuffed dummies out of straw to represent the year past and at midnight they burn them. This is called "ano viejo" symbolic for getting rid of the past.
To learn more about other customs click on link http://www.beliefnet.com/Wellness/2006/01/The-Meaning-Of-New-Years-Traditions.aspx
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