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We have been celebrating German New Years with John & Angelika Weber for many years. It makes more sense to celebrate at 6 PM rather than attempt tp stay awake till midnight. This year we dined on Spanish paella prepared in a HUGE pan.  Paella with snails, chicken, rabbit and green beans cooking in the garage,The last step is the addition of rice which absorbs the liquid and flavor. We were told that traditionally wooden spoons were used to serve ourselves (see photo below) On New Year's Day I repeated my tradition of walking the replica of the labyrinth that is on the floor of the Chartres Cathedral in France. This replica is created by volunteers on the floor of the Peterborough, NH town hall  and is open to the public from New Year's Eve till 4 PM on New Year's Day. By Ssolbergj - Own work , CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link My website is poltrack.net

Once again we celebrated German New Years in New Hampshire at the reasonable hour of 6 PM, EST. No need to wait any longer.  We had sky laterns, chinese food, fireworks and a Feuerzangenbowle . That is all that is needed to ring in the new year. Parker Hammon fires off an incendiary device Parker Weber lights the second sky latern These are not safe devices and we only did this because the ground is completely covered in snow. Still this one managed to get caught in a tree. No damage to life or property. Continuing a New Years tradition of fire, we watched a rum soaked sugar cone burn and drip into spiced wine. Drip, drip drip