It's not always easy to tell people how much they mean to you, and because of that we often don't tell them. I want to thank you for allowing me to be myself, allowing me to feel like for once I didn't have to impress anyone. Since day one of our friendship I didn't feel intimidated into acting like anything I wasn't. I didn't have to perform because I knew nothing I did would make you have more affection for me. I have to say I haven't met someone like you before, someone who takes genuine interest in the interest of others. Someone who is open to almost anything, even if it is new or different. It isn't hard to find someone who is fun or interesting, but finding someone who makes ordinary things fun and interesting is hard to find. Creating almost a new lens to look at things and every situation bringing up some old joke that never fails to make us smile. Life isn't always easy but with a good friend it is easy to laugh at it all. It is important to find that friend that goes that extra mile to make up for things when they do something wrong, or a friend that puts you before their interest. Someone who wants to know about things you show them just because they are important to you. Questions following things said that don't seem to come from other people, showing you truly cared. Having someone who supports you and believes that you can do things you are honestly not sure at times you can do. Someone who you know would be willing to stay up late at night praying for you even though they don't understand what is going on with you. Thanks for being a distraction from all the things that used to haunt me before you came into my life. Thanks for the memories from the past and the memories that I hope to have in the future. Thanks for the ups and downs that I wouldn't rather have with anyone else. I would rather go through the bad with you than the good with someone who doesn't care about me. You never know someone cares till you hit the rocky water and you can never trust in a friendship that never sees its bad days. All that shows is that they are not scared to lose you, and don't care enough to make rash choice because of fear. You want a friendship that makes you scared when it could be lost because that means it matters.
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Run Around Clanging Pots and Pans in Everyone's Face
StableDiffusionThis tradition is meant to drive away bad spirits of the past, but honestly, it's more like a free concert...your friends should really be paying you for your services if you decide to do this on New Year's Eve.
Eat the Last Few Pigs in a Blanket
StableDiffusionIt's been sitting there since what, 8:00? You snooze you lose, and besides, no one's paying attention to you anyway.
Pop Twelve White Grapes
StableDiffusionIf you were in Spain, everyone would be doing just this. One grape for every month of the year. It's supposed to be lucky and stuff.
Burn Something
Photo by Ian Schneider on UnsplashIt's really not that odd-- families in Ecuador burn scarecrows every year on New Year's Eve. It's a symbol of diminishing the negativity of last year. Perhaps preform this one outside though, just to be safe of course.
Smash Things Against a Wall
Photo by Lidye on UnsplashWe can thank the Irish for this bright idea, they use bread specifically though. Who knows why this is a tradition, but it certainly seems like it could be incredibly soothing, don't you think?
Spontaneously Begin an Irish Jig
Photo by Melissa Askew on UnsplashThis isn't lucky or symbolic of anything, but it'll give you something to do at the stroke of midnight and you'll look god damn cool doing it.
Call Your Mother
rotary telephone
Photo by Vinicius "amnx" Amano on UnsplashWell, she did give birth to you. Midnight on New Year's Eve seems as good a time as any to thank her.
Throw a Coffee Table Out a Window
Photo by Kinga Howard on UnsplashAccording to South African tradition, it doesn't necessarily have to be a coffee table. It could be a futon, an ottoman, an armoire, really any piece of furniture that's old. It's for luck of course.
Sing "Auld Lang Syne" at the Top of Your Lungs
Photo by Chang Duong on UnsplashChannel your inner Beyonce, or Mariah, or whoever your Pop Star Diva Queen is and belt that tune. It'll be fantastic mood music.
Do Some Squats
Photo by Meghan Holmes on UnsplashMay as well start the New Year off by working on your inevitable resolution to drop some pounds. Why waste a single moment, you're likely forget the resolution by February anyway.
Swan Dive into a Nearly Freezing Body of Water
Photo by Brayden Prato on UnsplashAnother foreign tradition, this one is practiced by Germans. The kick of it is, you've got to do it while holding a lit torch. Again, who knows why this is a tradition, but its certainly sounds like a fun little challenge to ring in the New Year.
Take a Shot
Photo by Duri from Mocup on UnsplashAnd by shot, naturally I mean a snapshot. Perhaps a group photo, a selfie, or even an unfortunate snipe of your best friend. You'll feel loads better knowing you'll have something to always remember the first moments of 2025 by.
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