For the New Year

This one is going to be a fun one.
We all know that there are things people do on New Year's Eve to bring us luck on the coming year.
Every year I try to do something different on the eve of the new year and as a result, I have a collection of charms and rituals that have been passed down to me from all kinds of traditions; but where does all of this come from?
Since time immemorial, people have been trying to improve their luck and it is thought that there's no better time than on the eve of a new year.
The Celts and Romans did this on the eve of what they considered the beginning of their year, for the Romans was the Vernal Equinox, for the Celts was October 31st. Whatever the date we use for it, we have attached magic and mystery to the last night of the year.
For us living in the western hemisphere, this happens on the Night of Saint Silvester, December 31st. On that night, we believe, doors are opened between this and other realms that allow magical things to happen, so, if we want to affect our luck for the future, we should try to do so on this particular night.
Now for the plethora of options to bring luck.
My grandmother used to say that if you take out your suitcases several times at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, you would travel, and that the amount of times and the time it took you to go back in the house meant times traveling and length of the trips.
You are supposed to make a lot of noise at the stroke of midnight to warn off evil forces from your home, this is a gift from the oriental civilizations.
If you want all that went wrong with your life during the year to disappear so you can start over clean, you should go to a crossroads and smash an egg with all of your might, also at the stroke of midnight; this one is mine and my source has to remain secret to protect a covenant made.
Write a wish on a piece of paper and wrap it around a coin, dip it in water and ask all of your guests to do the same, at the stroke of midnight, take one of the coins out (without knowing who's it is) and carry it with you all year long; mum told me that one.
There are people that wash the floors of their home before midnight with the water from a flower vase that had a dozed white flowers for 3 days.
One of my neighbors passes under the table at the stroke of midnight for good luck.
This one is famous all over: you're supposed to eat 12 grapes, one with each of the 12 bells at midnight, asking one wish per grape.
Of course, you're also supposed to kiss and get kissed at the stroke of midnight, and hug your loved ones.
The person that gets hit by the flying cork when the champagne or hard cider bottles get opened is to be married soon, possibly within a year (specially if they got kissed under the mistletoe he he).
One of my favorites is the one that involves the clothes you're supposed to wear for good luck. Never wear black, wear blue; preferably wear new clothes, this is easy if you got clothes as a gift for Christmas. (This one works backwards in my family, but then again, being a witch, black is my lucky color)
If you want to be lucky in business and moneymaking, you should wear yellow underwear, for luck in love, red is the color, now if all you're aiming for is sex, get some black undies and that should do it. Of course, the undergarments have to be a gift to be truly effective.
So, if you want to try your luck at any of these, feel free to do so, the least that can happen is that you'll have something new and fun to do this New Year's Eve with your guests.
Good Luck to y'all for the next year ;)