Show wanted peoples people lS best wishes king latius given credit for well wishing at start of new year our new years day customs date back to a gentleman who may never have even existed to the Itgen legendary dary king matius and his desire to have people wish him good luck ills his subjects gathered branches of vervain in the sacred grove of the goddess of strength St renua and presented them to him on new years day kings and common men thought well of the idea and in the old days before christmas became established as the gift giving day new years was marked by an exchange of presents and good wishes our ancestors thought drinking to each others health on new years day a somewhat less than burdensome duty and took to it w wholeheartedly hol eheart in colonial times limes the master of the house brewed his own punch tor for the occasion and ladled it out himself to those who wished him well I 1 I 1 k e during the commonwealth in england the custom of offering new years gifts to the sovereign died and was not revived at the restoration gradually the commoners adopted the same attitude about presents tor for each other in democratic america particularly because the giving of 0 gifts to the king had been practically a levy but the punch bowl lingered on once the church bells rang and trumpets blew so BO that colont colonials als in might ight wake from their straw bouc couches hes and know a new year we was born bom all over the world now the year awakes with a squall and a din so BO that wherever you are in jungle desert or on sea this is one time of year when you need no eyes eye only oaly ears to tell it is midnight church bells bell till still ring and maybe trumpets still blow but people are not sure about it so they buy noisemakers noise makers t to help along and also their feelings out through their mouths thus you have now new years eve eva and its many and varied traditions |