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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1964
Page
8
A New Year reflection urges prudence and progress for 1965 pointing to past 1964 lessons. It notes a world of change, wealth and hardship, calls for brotherhood and better international relations, and ends with a statistic: eight of ten car thefts involve a boy under 20.
In prerevolutionary Russia a booming cannon welcomed the New Year on St Sylvester’s Eve. Russian boys went from house to house urging people across the gulf from past to present. They scattered oats for a bountiful harvest and honored the mythic Orsen astride a boar symbolizing pork for the New Year dinner.
A New Year custom is explored as people offer toasts with egg nog or coffee, reflecting on who initiated the holiday toast and how the practice evolved in social gatherings.
The article notes that toasting dates back to ancient celebrations of harvests and hunts, with the term appearing in English in the 17th century. The broken-glass tradition arose from military toasts to the queen, with the glass thrown into the fireplace to avoid spoiling the wish or health by sharing a single cup.
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