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New York City, NEW YORK — From the origins of "Auld Lang Syne" to traditional foods, find out all about the history of New Year's Eve and New Year's Day from information provided by The History Chanel.
WHAT DOES “AULD LANG SYNE” MEAN?
“Auld Lang Syne,” the title of a Scottish folk song that many...

![At New Year’s Eve parties and celebrations around the world, revelers enjoy meals and snacks thought to bestow good luck for the coming year. Because pigs represent progress and prosperity in some cultures, pork appears on the New Year’s Eve table in Cuba, Austria, Hungary and Portugal among others. In American Samoa pigs play an important cultural role in traditional ceremonies and you can’t beat that crackling skin straight out of the umu or the ‘vilivili’ of a size 3… [SN file photo] Pigs in the umu](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/umu_pigs.jpg?itok=yHI9t8nI)