Happy New Year to all of our wonderful employees!! Thank you for your dedication and effort during 2023. We want to be “the best place you’ve ever worked” and we hope you feel that way about AMS!
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Happy New Year to our B Corporation family!! We share your desire for a world where the people and the environment come before profit. AMS achieved carbon neutral status in 2023 [LINK] and in 2024 we’ll be at it again! Ours is a shared commitment to B the change we want to see in the world, next year and beyond.
The New Year
Day One: The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used around the world today. In the Gregorian calendar the New Year occurs on January 1st. Other cultures may use a lunar calendar or a lunisolar calendar. This includes the Chinese, Islamic, Tamil and Jewish cultures. India and Nepal celebrate the New Year on dates according to their own calendars.
We decided to just have a little fun with our New Year message by reporting on how this movement of the clock is celebrated around the world. We know the USA traditions… let’s explore some others. The source of this information is a website called World Strides, linked [HERE].
Spain
In Spain, it is customary to eat 12 grapes – one at each stroke of the clock at midnight on New Year’s Eve. Each grape represents good luck for one month of the coming year. In bigger cities like Madrid and Barcelona, people gather in main squares to eat their grapes together and pass around bottles of cava.
Colombia
In hopes of a travel-filled new year, residents of Colombia carry empty suitcases around the block. That’s one New Year’s tradition we can get behind!
Denmark
Residents of Denmark greet the New Year by throwing old plates and glasses against the doors of family and friends to banish bad spirits. They also stand on chairs and jump off of them together at midnight to “leap” into January in hopes of good luck.
Finland
In Finland, people predict the coming year by casting molten tin into a container of water, then interpreting the shape the metal takes after hardening. A heart or ring means a wedding, while a ship predicts travel and a pig declares there will be plenty of food.
Panama
To drive off evil spirits for a fresh New Year’s start, it is tradition to burn effigies (muñecos) of well-known people such as television characters and political figures in Panama. The effigies are meant to represent the old year.
Scotland
During Scotland’s New Year’s Eve celebration of Hogmanay, “first-footing” is practiced across the country. The first person who crosses a threshold of a home in the New Year should carry a gift for luck. Scots also hold bonfire ceremonies where people parade while swinging giant fireballs on poles, supposedly symbols of the sun, to purify the coming year.
Philippines
You’ll find round shapes all over the Philippines on New Year’s Eve as representatives of coins to symbolize prosperity in the coming year. Many families display piles of fruit on their dining tables and some eat exactly 12 round fruits (grapes being the most common) at midnight. Many also wear polka dots for luck.
Brazil
In Brazil, as well as other Central and South America countries like Ecuador, Bolivia, and Venezuela, it is thought to be lucky to wear special underwear on New Year’s Eve. The most popular colors are red, thought to bring love in the New Year, and yellow, thought to bring money.
Greece
An onion is traditionally hung on the front door of homes on New Year’s Eve in Greece as a symbol of rebirth in the New Year. On New Year’s Day, parents wake their children by tapping them on the head with the onion.
HAPPY NEW YEAR AMS FAMILY – it’s 2024!! Let’s make it GREAT!
