New Year’s
Experiencing Oshougatsu
January 22, 2025Oshougatsu, which is Japanese for New Year, is celebrated at the start of January. It is also known as shougatsu. Typical traditions include house cleaning to symbolize new beginnings, viewing the first sunrise, and the consumption of special dishes like herring roe, pickled lotus root, and candied chestnut. On the fourth day of 2025, I attended Oshōgatsu: Japanese New Year Celebrations at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre with my brother. It was a somewhat dreary morning with light rain, and I was grateful that the majority of this event took place indoors. At the entrance of the museum…
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Broken New Year’s resolutions aren’t the end
January 16, 2021In Ann M. Martin’s book, Karen’s New Year, Karen watches as her family makes — and eventually breaks — all of their New Year’s resolutions. Like Karen, this was the first time I had heard of New Year’s resolutions, and…
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Top Ten failed 2020 New Year’s resolutions
November 30, 2020Travel more to ~find yourself~ People with a “this is going to be my year” mentality seek travel to ~discover themselves~, acquire ~hip lingo that definitely isn’t appropriation and misuse of a language~, and to ~flex on social media~. Spoiler…
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“I can’t wait for this year to end!” says student who thinks the pandemic will randomly stop because of an arbitrary date
November 29, 2020In a few brief weeks, it will be 2021, and we all know what that means. The minute the clock strikes midnight on New Years’ Eve — but like, specifically midnight where I am because the world is centred around…
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Why your New Year’s resolutions keep failing
January 4, 2016[dropcap]S[/dropcap]o, we’re a few days into 2016. Have you been keeping up with your new year’s resolutions? You might be doing well so far, but chances are you have a feeling that this success won’t last long. Don’t worry, you’re…
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Woohoo, Boohoo
November 29, 2015Woohoo: Christmas Eve Put aside the capitalist layer of gobbledygook that often overshadows Christmas and admire what the penultimate hours of the Noël blitz really stands for: sharing a moment with loved ones and getting some much-needed time with the…
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New Year’s resolutions (the ones you should have made)
January 9, 2012The new year is a time for contemplation, for reflecting on the year past and on what we desire for the future. It’s a time to make resolutions and become better, more fulfilled human beings. I like to think positively,…
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Word On The Street: New Year’s Resolutions
January 9, 2012Q: What New Year's Resolutions have you made to make sure 2012 is the best year ever? "I'm going to finish that calendar of mine. I've been putting that off for WAY too long now." —Axotl Muzencab , Ancient Mayan…
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