1. Martina Villani Lara Iannone Britt Gelissen Minne Piot
New year’s eve
Belgium VS Italy
Martina Villani
Lara Iannone
Britt Gelissen
Minne Piot s

2. Nothing special, just a big dinner with family or friends. 
What do we eat?
Italian
Belgian
There are the unmissable lentils with the cotecchino (a large spiced sausage) that symbolize money and good luck for the coming year and we eat a lot of fish like: salmon, baccalà, vongole,cozze,capitone or gamberetti
Nothing special, just a big dinner with family or friends. 

3. extra
In Belgium the king has a new year speech to wish everyone luck and of course a happy new year. In Italy also our president has a speech to wish good luck for the coming year.

4. A lot of champagne, but any kind of alcohol is okay!
What do we drink?
italian
belgian
Sparkling wine, red and white wine, champagne and sometimes we drink limoncello.
A lot of champagne, but any kind of alcohol is okay!

5. fireworks
Italian
Belgian
Even if it’s not the right thing to do we all can buy fireworks and light them in the street but away from the centre of the city
We can’t fire fireworks unless you have a license. If you want to see the fireworks you need to go to the centre of your town.

6. We just wear normal clothes, nothing special.
What do we wear?
Italian
Belgian
We wear red underwear to bring good luck for the coming year and someone has to give it as a gift
We just wear normal clothes, nothing special.

7. New year’s letter
All the children read a letter to their parents, grandparents or godparents to wish them luck for the new year.

8. The countdown
At the stroke of midnight we wish each other happy new year , hug and drink a glass of champagne.

9. The end