King-Slapping, Devil-Dressing, and Avoiding Blondes: The Crazy Ways Humans Have Rung in the New Year Throughout History
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For the past 4000 years the New Year, though celebrated at different points in the calendar, has been a constant cause of soul-searching, raucous behavior, and superstition.
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It’s the end of 2017 and as we celebrate another lap of the earth’s journey around the sun we also plan to start new chapters, make resolutions, and, of course, throw kick-ass parties.
