Advanced Photoshop Pictures Contest - 17 image entries Contest Directions: Show numbers 2005 in your submissions - they can be part of the landscapes, buildings, tattoos, costume designs, electric appliances, or whatever you wish (withing our submission guidelines). Including any additional words (e.g. Happy New Year) is optional but all submissions must include numbers 2005! Happy New Year 2005 to all FNers and our visitors and let this contest be a great start of 2005 for all of us! [ browse best gallery pictures ] Tags: happynewyear Jackpot: 1st place: $5 Started: 12/31/2004 6:05:00 AM, Ended: 1/2/2005 6:05:00 AM
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RocEZ, a street vendor, models some 2005 eyeglasses on December 30, 2004. He is near Times Square in New York City. Hundreds of thousands of people should fill the whole Times Square area on New Year's Eve to view the crystal ball as it slides down a pole on top of One Times Square at the stroke of midnight.
During celebration of New Year, it is very beautiful in China. Entire country will look like big luminous sphere. This happens because people ignite many lights in streets during New Year celebrations. This is done to light up the path for New Year. As they consider, that New Year is covered with evil souls and un-happy forces. That’s why they frighten them with the help of Christmas guns and fireworks.
In Mongolia, New Year coincides with the festival of cattle breeding, that’s why this day is specific for sports, adroitness and boldness check. Even Santa Claus comes their home in cattleman dress.
In Burma, New Year comes during summer time of the year, that’s why New Year is celebrated as “Water festival”, when people pour water one on another. Tradition of dowsing with water — wishing happiness in New Year.
In Iran, New Year is celebrated on 21st March. People in this country, before several weeks of New Year, plant wheat grains in small pots. By New Year they grow, which symbolizes the start of spring and New Year.
Very beautiful New Year ceremonies take place in India. There people wear red, rose and white color flowers on them. Indians have their own specific rule for gifts. For example, gifts for children are kept in a tray. Morning children’s eyes are closed, and they select the gifts from tray.
In Ireland, just before one day of New Year, all the doors are kept open. Each who wants can enter any house and he will be treated as desired guest: he will be welcomed with happiness, sitting in honorable seat, offered glass of good wine. They say "For peace in this house and entire world ". On next day, everybody celebrates the festival of house. At 11.30 AM of this day, Ireland people meet at illuminated and decorated central city square.
In Bulgaria New Year is celebrated joyfully. People meet near holiday table. Lights will be switched off for 3 minutes in every house. These minutes are called as “Minutes of New Year kisses”, secret of kisses is maintained by darkness.
In Rumania, people bake New Year Pies, different small “surprises” – small money, rings and chips of bitter chilleis. If you find ring in pie, it means New Year will bring You happiness.
In European countries New Year follows the Christmas festivals, that’s why all basic preparations take place in beginning of the December.
For example, in Italy, celebrations start from the day of Saint Lyuchin (13th December), when festival of lights is celebrated. Then Babbo Natale – Local Santa Claus (24th December) arrives. All these end with appearance of Befan – small old Lady hag, which distributes all possible sweets to children (chocolates as per tradition) on 6th January – On Epiphan festival.
For the people of capital of Nederland’s Amsterdam, main New Year even is appearance of local Santa Claus Saint Nikolai in city port. Guest arrives in the country by Sea, through Rotterdam, and meeting with him in tiny fisherman village Monnikendam will be organized by not only the simple people and also by city administration, including Mayer of the capital. This happens generally in first week of December. And remaining days before New Year, children try not to be naughty in order to get gifts from Nikolai and his servants Black Peat. In this country, festival events take place traditionally, excluding compulsory drives on city skating place built specially for festival season. Similar drive exists even in Copenhagen, and many Danes specially come to the capital with their families to try out the ice.
For other Scandinavian people, New Year week between the Christmas and 31st December passes especially – as per fairy. As per legend, real Santa Claus lives in small city of Lapland Romaniemi in polar circle. From here only he starts his travel for Christmas night so to distribute the gifts to children of entire planet. These are the unforgettable New Year celebrations: almost realistic Santa Claus in red color caps, portly beautiful deers, huge sledges and ice houses, where many tourists and exotic lovers may pass New Year night.
For 2005 - a slimmed down and sober version of Michael Moore. His resolution is to get down to a size 12, get a job at Hooters, and film a documentary on the oppressive labor practices at the popular restaurant chain.
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