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Originally posted by aephi alum
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Part of my family is Scottish. It's Scottish tradition that the first person to set foot in your house after midnight on New Year's Day should be a tall, dark man. Generally, there are a few such men living in any given village or town, and they will go door-to-door to their neighbors and friends and cross their thresholds. At each house, they usually get a drink of whisky. By the end of the night they are pretty happy 
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I like this thread! I was fortunate to have my brother-in-law show up unexpectantly on New Year's Day (who is a handsome, dark man, not that tall though) . As for Little Christmas, never heard of it! I have often kept up a tree past New Years for some unknown reason. This year I just don't know why but I can't take my tree down. I think I just like the way it looks! I think I will take it down on Jan. 6 and celebrate "Little Christmas" then and have some egg nog
I never heard of the collard greens and money thing but I have heard of black eyed peas and good luck. I cook blackeyed peas on New Years and throughout the year. Shame on those of you who don't like them!
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