2012-12-31

Fireworks, sparkling wine, and fortune-telling rituals are just a few of the ways Germans traditionally ring in the new year. The English comedy sketch "Dinner for One" has been a New Year's Eve tradition on German television since the 1960s. And doughnuts filled with plum jelly, champagne and even mustard are on the New Year's menu in Berlin.

2012-12-31

• new year's traditions
• pouring lead
• carp
• dinner for one
• german television
• doughnuts
• mustard
• Germany Today