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This practice has been observed by a number of Filipino families for the past years. They buy twelve round shaped fruits, believing that these fruits will give luck, wealth, and good health for the upcoming year. Some of the fruits that are usually included are apples, oranges, chico, grapes, and locally grown dragon fruits.<\/p>\n
Putting of coins in pockets while jumping during the first hour of New Year<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n This practice has been observed by Filipino adults and children. It is believed that keeping coins in your pockets while jumping during the first hour of the New year will bring prosperity and luck for the year ahead. Aside from that, they will also be blessed with a so-called\u201cincrease in height\u201d for the entity of the New year.<\/p>\n Coming together and feasting on Media Noche<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \n During the New Year, families come together and bring food to share for their loved ones. This is the time when they celebrate the Media Noche<\/em> or a midnight feast where a lot of mouth-watering dishes are prepared as a sign of a grand welcome for the new year ahead.<\/p>\n Lighting up of fireworks in the streets<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n IMAGE Guiness World Records<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n With the arrival of a new year, Filipino families usually buy bundles of fireworks that they light up during the eve of last day of December. These fireworks are seen as instruments in showing how excited they are for the coming of another good year. Aside from that, these fireworks are also believed to be ways on including the departed loved ones in welcoming another year full of happiness, love, and success.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Are there other practices Filipinos do during the New Year? Share your thoughts with us below!<\/p>\n Also Read: 12 New Year\u2019s Traditions and Superstitions in the Philippines<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Written By: Patricia Antoinette M. Nacianceno We have listed things that Filipinos do during the New Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23919,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[4700,4702,4703,4701],"class_list":["post-23910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listicle","tag-buying-of-twelve-round-shaped-fruits","tag-coming-together-and-feasting-on-family-prepared-media-noche","tag-lighting-up-of-fireworks-in-the-streets","tag-putting-of-coins-in-pockets-while-jumping-during-the-first-hour-of-new-year"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/12\/New-Year-2018-eve-greeting-e1513135623959.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23910"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65440,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23910\/revisions\/65440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/12\/Girls-Jumping-For-Joy.jpg\")
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\n<\/em>Image Source: USA- China Daily<\/a>, My Refuge House<\/a>, Born a dragon<\/a>, Guiness World Records<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"