HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Cue the noisemakers and black-eyed peas. And here are a few more traditions to try for celebrating the year’s first holiday.

We eat herring! JOANNE WARREN

We open the doors to let the new year in and the old year out. SCOTT BISHOP

We sweep the doorway on New Year’s Eve to sweep away the bad luck. ANNE LANGSTON

We go outside at midnight to bang on pots and pans. ROSALIE D. EBY