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HAPPY NEW YEAR! Welcome back. I hope you and yours have remained safe and are doing well.
2020 was a long one for many of us. Hopefully, 2021 will at the very least, be an improvement; I’m rooting for each and every one of you. I know some of you have doubts, even concerns about what lies ahead. The thing is no one knows what the future will hold because it hasn’t happened yet. For better or worse, what does or doesn’t come to pass will be largely determined by our actions moving forward.

Change

Definition

Butterfly

Chameleon

Snake

Rebirth and Renewal

Definition

Lotus

Triskele

Easter

Phoenix

Ouroboros

New Year’s Celebrations

New Year’s Eve (U.S.)

Chinese Lunar New Year

Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

Spain

Denmark

Colombia

Songkran

Finland

Brazil

Panama

Greece

The Philippines.

Scotland

Chile

Japan

Belgium

References:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/change

https://www.sunsigns.org/change-symbolism-meanings/

https://givemehistory.com/ancient-symbols-of-rebirth

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/new-year-celebrations-around-world/

https://greenglobaltravel.com/celebrate-new-year-traditions-around-the-world/

https://worldstrides.com/blog/2016/12/9-new-years-traditions-cultures-around-world/