* 90% of people -It�s my guessing- wear yellow underwear.

 

* It�s not surprising to see people with their baggage runing around the neighborhood ( that is if you want to travel).

 

* At home , people spread weath,rice and brown lentil in the corners of the house. Also we fill our wallets and pockets with those. (this is to have money all the year)

 

* We burn ��MU�ECOS�� (people dolls made of old cloth)... It is said we are burning the bad things happened in the last year. Sometimes we put the name of a person on it if we want him/her to change something.

 

* There are many others, but this is what almost everybody does.

 

 

Hi!

 

In Portugal people also have many rituals like those you mentioned.

Here are some I remember:

 

- People eat 12 grapes and ask for wishes.

 

- People wear blue underpants.

 

- People jump from a chair with a note (money) on their pocket.

 

- The first step in the new year must be with your right foot.

 

 

 

What I meant to say is that I thought Spain was the only country to have the dreadful custom of the 12 grapes at the 12 strokes. Being from another country, I do not like the custom very much - in fact this year I cheated and had as many sips of CAVA (the Catalan equivalent to champagne), which worked far better than choking while trying to swallow the grapes.

As for underwear, I�m too old to carry out an extensive field study. From ads and shop windows, I�m sure the fetiche colour is red. I do not know what happens beyound this point, I�m afraid. I�m pretty sure it�s much the same everywhere, whatever the colours are, anyway!

I do not know the other customs you have mentioned, but I�ll try them out, just in case!

I wish you all a very happy new year!