New Year’s Eve has become one of my all-time favorite holidays. It’s a holiday that celebrates letting go of any soul-sucking shit that has been bogging you down, and leaving it behind as you burst into a fresh new year by throwing glitter and kindness around everywhere, kissing strangers, getting tipsy on champagne, making noise…okay, not too much noise, the kids are asleep and if you wake them up SO HELP ME, dressing up, having fun, and yeeting.

If you want to kick off the new year on the right foot (this is a pun, you just don’t know it yet…keep reading), here are some must-try New Year’s Eve traditions from around the world. How many can you do? One year I did 6.

Bolivia

In some countries, like Bolivia, your unders have the power to determine what the new year may bring depending on which color you wear. Yellow attracts positive energy and prosperity. Red or pink – romance and passion. Blue – harmony and health. Green – better luck than the previous year. White – peace, joy, and happiness. Orange – professional success. Purple – inspiration. Just to be safe, I think I’ll be wearing striped undies with all of the above colors. Or maybe I’ll just wear a pair of each and scare my family. Important note: they must be clean underwear. This is your reminder to switch the laundry from the washer to the dryer.

Puerto Rico

Clean your house from top to bottom and put clean new sheets on your bed on New Year’s Eve. Ughhhh…do I have to? The mindset behind this is that if things are in good condition at the beginning of the year, they’ll stay that way throughout. Unfortunately, moms know this is complete and utter bullshit and that our family will just mess everything up in 5 minutes tops but it’s a fun sentiment anyway. The plus side to this superstition is that there’s no cleaning on New Year’s Day. No trash, no laundry, no dishes, it’s like a bonus holiday for tired ass moms!

Colombia

Scare your family into believing that your threats of running away have finally come to fruition. Pack a suitcase and step out of your home with your right foot just after midnight, and then run around the block with your luggage to be guaranteed travel in the new year.

Also, it’s good to open your windows and doors for a few minutes after midnight to air out all that stank negativity and air you’ve screamed into all winter break because your kids won’t stop fighting and let new, tantrum-less, happy air in.

Denmark

Sick of doing dishes and having to unload the dishwasher? In Denmark, it’s tradition to go around throwing plates at your friends’ doors. The cool thing is, you don’t even have to clean up after yourself!

Switzerland

Throw an adult meltdown by flinging a scoop of ice cream on the floor to bring abundance in the new year. An abundance of screaming, maybe as your kids embark on a 15-minute-long shriek fest because you just fucken threw perfectly good ice cream on the floor.

Peru

Are you tired of everyone’s shit? In Peru it’s common for people to get into fistfights with anyone they have qualms with in order to settle the score and leave negativity in the past. Kinda sounds like The Purge but without murdering people.

Ecuador

Burn a picture of something you don’t want to bring with you into the coming year before the new year begins. So – dishes, restrictive clothing, laundry, grocery store tantrums, and my family (for just a few minutes, don’t you dare judge me).

Argentina

Take your first step into the new year on the right foot. Literally. This tradition is actually a pretty common theme around the world in varying degrees. In Greece and Scotland, it’s referred to as “first-footing” where someone (traditionally the youngest of the family) who wasn’t in the home at midnight enters your home with their right foot and they usually bear gifts – like alcohol. I can dig it!

Ireland

Pissed about that dumb diet you decided to make a new year’s resolution? Bang a loaf of carbs on the walls to get rid of evil spirits. Like that bitch Gwyneth who keeps spamming your DM’s with her It Works weight-loss products.

Brazil

Forget the fact that they will soon be stained with Cheeto dust, sticky handprints, and regret – in Brazil it’s customary to wear white in the belief that it will bring you success.

Also in Brazil, it’s tradition to make an offering to Lemanja, goddess of the waters, by throwing a bouquet of flowers into the ocean. If the flowers come back, it means she didn’t like your dumb offering but it’s okay, just try again next year!

Spain

Need more balls in your mouth? In Spain it’s a tradition, and challenge, to eat 12 grapes – one for every bell chime after the stroke of midnight – for good luck. Don’t have a clock that chimes? Just aim for 12 grapes in the first 12 seconds after midnight.

How do you ring in the new year? Let me know in the comments below so I can add some dank new traditions to my list! (Yes, I am clinging to what’s left of my youth by using terms like “dank” and “yet”)