Banging pans on New Years

pips · Post by **pips** » 01 Jan 2006 12:49

Ok...when I lived in Pennslvania my family always went outside and banged our pots and pans and screamed (made noise) when the ball dropped. The neighbors also did. It seemed to die down each year, but it still happened. This year, in West Virginia, we went outside and screamed Happy New Year! Nobody else did. Nobody made noise when I lived in Georgia either. It seems like us Pennsylvanians are the only noisy idiots around for New Years. Is this true or have I just been in the wrong neighborhoods the last five years? Do you guys make noise in your area?

SandWraith · Post by **SandWraith** » 01 Jan 2006 13:47

HooD · Post by **HooD** » 01 Jan 2006 15:07

Yup, that was the big thing for New Years for a lot of years when I was young. I'd have all my good friends over for the night and come midnight, my mom would arm us with pots, pans, and spoons, and we'd have ourselves some good screaming. It's funny you mention this because I just recently for Christmas wrote up memories for my mom, and that was one of them

crazydwarf · Post by **crazydwarf** » 02 Jan 2006 10:33

Yep, my family always runs around the house with pots and pans and screams. We're in California, but my parents could have picked it up in Indiana. I think it's a pretty popular tradition... maybe...

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 02 Jan 2006 11:30

I have never even heard of that. One year, though, my friends and I played Auld Lang Syne on our trombones, and some neighbors started yelling at us, so I yelled back.

Cal · Post by **Cal** » 02 Jan 2006 12:57

yeah i make noise...but i live in PA

pips · Post by **pips** » 02 Jan 2006 13:41

Well it's good to know I'm not alone...

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 02 Jan 2006 15:35

people honk their horns if they're driving by, i think. though they do that when the patriots win big games too...