
(playful theme music) – Alright as we mentioned earlier, today is Christmas Eve Eve Eve, but it’s also New Year’s Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve. – Oh, and there are a lot of weird New Year’s traditions all around the world. So in an effort to unite all of the people of the world in a celebration of the new year, we’re gonna do as many of those things as we can right now. – The new year always begins with a countdown, so Link if you would. – Uh. A countdown. (epic orchestral music) In South American countries, wearing colored underwear will determine your fate for the new year. Red means you’ll find love, gold means wealth, and white means peace. – [Rhett] We got all three, put ’em on. – I think mine are on backwards, but who cares. Okay, here we go. – In Spain, if you can manage to stuff 12 grapes in your mouth at midnight, you’ve achieved good luck in the new year. – 12 grapes. – Four. Four. Four. (Rhett retches) I got 10, it’s okay. Next go, go, put a grape down, go! (Link retches) – Okay, every new year, the French consume a stack of pancakes. – Oh, that’s good. That’s better than grapes. That’s pretty good, okay, next. In Ireland, they hit the walls with bread to get rid of evil spirits. – Bread. – Be gone demon. – Be gone, oh! Me, in Denmark, they save all of their unused dishes and plates until the 31st of December when they shatter them. (plates shattering) – You. – In Switzerland they celebrate the new year by dropping ice cream on the floor. – Ice cream, floor. – In Romania, they, – Me. In Romania, they throw their spare coins into the river to get good luck. – We don’t have a river. – But we have – This fountain. Next. In parts of Puerto Rico they throw pails of water out of their windows to drive away evil spirits. Demon be gone. (cat mewing) – Pail. – You go! – In parts of South Africa they throw out old furniture through the window. Oh gosh you just broke the window. – I don’t think it’s gonna fit George. Every year at the end – You. – Of December people in the small Peruvian village, a small Peruvian village fistfight to settle their differences and start the year off in a clean slate, with a clean slate. I wanna wear the sweatshirt. – I wanna wear the sweatshirt. – I wanna wear the sweatshirt. – I wanna wear the sweatshirt. – Let’s both wear the sweatshirt. You, go. – Me. In Siberia they jump into frozen lakes carrying tree trunks. Oh gosh, oh no. – Three, two, one. – Woo. Woo, it’s cold. (blowing noise makers) – Happy New Year. – Ah, my feet. Thanks for liking, commenting, and subscribing. – You know what time it is. – Ooooh. – Hi, I’m Brian. – I’m Esther. – And we just got married in Nashville, Tennessee. – [Group] And it’s time to spin the Wheel of Mythicality. (cheering) – Congratulations Brian and Ester. Now click the bottom link to watch today’s episode from the beginning. – And click the top link to watch us talk about crazy New Year’s Day traditions in Good Mythical More. – And to find out where the Wheel of Mythicality is going to land.
