New Year’s Eve Is In The Kiss

Celebrating the Night Right

By Andrea Demirjian
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Of all the holiday traditions, there’s probably nothing more universally iconic than the New Year’s Eve kiss. Whether you are celebrating with friends and loved ones, or a certain sexy someone, the highly anticipated kiss at the stroke of midnight is all-important!


The Legend of the Midnight Kiss – What It Might Foretell

The midnight kiss is one of the nicest ways to ring in the moment of the New Year’s significance with those nearest and dearest.

Like kissing under the mistletoe, the custom of the kiss can be traced back to the Ancient Roman merry making festival of Saturnalia, and observances around the Winter Solstice at year end (those Romans sure liked to celebrate with a kiss!). Later, the New Year’s Eve kiss would come to be a barometer for things to come.

As English and German legend had it, the first person you came in contact with when the bells chimed twelve, be it a familiar, friendly face or inauspicious acquaintance, set the tone for your happiness and fortune in the coming year.

A kiss with one you loved ensured affections and good tidings. To smooch someone less favorable, or not at all, could mean misfortune.

“Auld Lang Syne” – Whatever Does This Song Mean?

How many times have you found yourself on New Year’s eve, be it at a party or home watching the ball drop singing “Auld Lang Syne”, and wondering as you mouthed those odd yet familiar words – “whatever does this song mean?”

Written in 1788 by the favorite Scottish folk poet Robert Burns, “auld lang syne” translates to “old long since” – the olden days way of saying “the good ol’ days”. The song speaks to letting go of the past, and looking ahead to the next year with hope – a very fitting sentiment for the night. So this year when you sing, “Auld Lang Syne”, take a moment to reflect on the last twelve months, while setting sights on welcoming the next twelve with a wonderful kiss!

In more recent times, the good luck ritual of the kiss has become a telling sign for matters of love and the heart – will this be the year that all my romantic wishes come true? With expectations like that, there are those who may want to make plans to ensure they will be kissing someone sweet – we wouldn’t want the next year to leave us out in the cold!

 

A One Time Deal – Make It A Good One!

If stealing some “sugar” under the mistletoe can be likened to a carefree kissing romp where plenty of opportunities abound, the New Year’s Eve kiss is more of a one-time deal.

If you’re celebrating with a group, but not with a significant of any kind, usher in the New Year by showing your affection for your friends. They’re special too, and being together on this night can make for happy memories to cherish. A spontaneous kiss with a stranger can also be memorable (just keep old world legend mind, and make sure that stranger has a friendly face!). And don’t forget when seizing that unexpected kiss to apply “mistletoe kissing” etiquette for how naughty or nice – you wouldn’t want to get too carried away!

For couples enjoying the celebration together, you are in luck because after Valentine’s Day, this is the most romantic night of the year. If you are among others making merry, remember to keep your kiss short and sweet, and leave the quivering sexy kind for your private “after party”.

Happy New Year’s Eve Kissing!

 

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