Southern New Year's traditions....

I have learned something a few days ago. There are more new years traditions in the south than *JUST* black eyed peas (eaten for luck) and greens (eaten so money is never scarce) You aren't supposed to do laundry on New Years, so you don't wash someone out of the family. You usually eat the greens and peas with pork of some sort and cornbread, and wash it all down with Southern sweet tea. (that means absolutely as much sugar dissolved in the hot tea as possible BEFORE you ice it for those of you born above the Mason-Dixon line)