On New Year’s Eve, Chinese households worldwide will welcome ... superstition and edible puns and homophones. Each dish carries symbolic meaning, and they are eaten with the hopes of increasing ...

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I’d spend it with extended family and we’d bond over the dinner table, catching up with each other’s news while digging into big sharing dishes. New Year’s Eve was spent with my mum’s ...

Most New Year's Eve menus in Japan will include toshikoshi ... In Denmark, tossing dishes at the doorsteps of friends, family and neighbors is "lowkey a popularity contest," Cosmopolitan said.