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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts) Sat Dec 28, 2013, 08:01 PM Dec 2013

Happy Good Riddance Day!!

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9374566

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Days before crowds gather to welcome in 2014, people gathered in Times Square Saturday to say 'good riddance' to 2013.

A large shredding machine was made available for people to destroy unpleasant memories from the past year, and get ready to ring in the new year without them.

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Happy Good Riddance Day!! (Original Post) LiberalElite Dec 2013 OP

I once heard . . . Brigid Dec 2013 #1

Our family tradition ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2013 #2

Brigid

(17,621 posts)

1. I once heard . . .

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Sat Dec 28, 2013, 08:04 PM

Dec 2013

That there is a similar custom in Italy: people toss stuff out of their windows. Look out below!

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)

2. Our family tradition ...

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Sat Dec 28, 2013, 08:11 PM

Dec 2013

has everyone in the house cleaning the house from stem to stern ... sweeping the dirt to the back door. At a couple minutes before mid-night, we sweep the dust and dirt out the back door.

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