Welcome 2012 ! A Happy New Year!

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Fresh start,
brand new year,
lots of plans to make,
dreams to fulfill.

"Cheers to a New Year, and another chance for us to get it right! "        ---Oprah Winfrey

  I  wish to thank all of my blogging friends for sharing your stories, your talents and creativity,  your wit and wisdom, your laughter and your faith!  It has been so much fun and I've learned so much from you.   I'm so grateful for your support and encouragement!  I wish you all a healthy, prosperous, and  Happy New Year!

 Happy bells from ImagiMeri, go visit her and see more lovely images!


Do you know where the expression "ringing in the new year "
came from?  I like to look up origins of phrases. A great site,
 www.phrases.org.uk.bulletin-board/45/messages/116.html says,
"It used to be customary in England to "ring out" the old year at
 midnight on New Years Eve, by tolling the church bells as though
 for a person who had died, and  "ring in" the new year with a
cheerful peal. There is a well-known poem by Tennyson,
 written in 1850, that refers to this custom.  This is the first verse:

        Ring out the old, ring in the new,

        Ring happy bells, across the snow,

        The year is going, let him go.

        Ring out the false, ring in the true.'

posted by Victoria Dennis, on  December 30,2005

  

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Love, Linda