What are the traditions of New York's people?
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I assume you mean New York CITY.  People from upstate New York are generally friendly, welcoming, and hospitable.\n\nI lived 12 miles from Manhattan.  Some quaint traditions there:\n\n- Flipping "the finger"\n\n- Saying "fawty-fawth flaw"\n\n- Stripping cars\n\n- Looking for a parking space\n\n- Staring in silence
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I believe it's part of new york
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York
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It has become a tradition in some countries.
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It's tough - because the kind of Christmas of which you speak is the kind that is built through the family relationships.  It is next to impossible to get that without the family (the tree, the tradition, the smells of cooking, etc.)  Those who have said NYC are dead on, actually, for scenes of the holiday season.  It is a beautiful place for Christmas - also Ontario and Vancouver, British Columbia.  I was in Venice for Christmas once and it was WONDERFUL.  They say Cancun celebrates for over a week leading up to Christmas and that it's great.  Bottom line, though, is that you will do better getting your own tree, decorating your own home to the hilt, and cooking up a storm (or ordering cooking up a storm) in for all the friends you have that don't have family around.
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NYC was founded by the Dutch (original NYC name was New Amsterdam).\n\nThe Dutch have a history and culture of tolerance going back hundreds of years.\n\nIn NYC that Dutch attitude still holds sway.\n\nWe many not love each-other -- we probably don't even like each-other.\n\nBut we know how to live and get along in peace with each-other.
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Here is a website that tells about how different wedding traditions of various cultures:\n\nhttp://www.vfwpost1503.org/different_cultures.htm\n\nHere are Valentine's Day traditions from different countries:\n\nhttp://www.stvalentines.net/traditions.htm\nhttp://www.romanceclass.com/miscr/vday/traditions.asp\nhttp://www.internet-at-work.com/hos_mcgrane/holidays/2_melissa.html\nhttp://www.romanceeverafter.com/valentine's_day_around_the_world.htm\nhttp://www.everythingvalentinesday.com/valentine-day-traditions/valentine-in-others.html\n\nSince most countries observe Valentine's Day~this was the best place to look for celebrations of love in other cultures.  I hope this was helpful in your research!
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because some people like tradition
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New York New York by Frank Sinatra\nManhattan Island - Aha\nEnglishman in New York - Sting\nDakota - doris Day
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http://www.asianamericanbooks.com/lny_bks.htm\n\nhttp://www.ehow.com/how_3807_celebrate-new-years.html
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Don't know for sure but i know that New York was originally called New Amsterdam. It was settled by the Dutch. England won it lost it to the Dutch and won it back again. I think because it was not orginally english that is not part of New England. It also is too far south and has different culture.
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Folklore is a set of beliefs, stories, traditions handed down through generations of a culture, usually by word of mouth. \n\nFairy tales are stories, usually written down like Grimm's fairy tales, Hansel & Gretel, Cindarella, etc.  They are usually considered part of folkore. \n\nThere are some native american ones at http://www.pantheon.org/areas/folklore/folktales/\n\nOther american fairy tales include Paul Bunyan and Babe, the blue ox, pecos bill and Jonny Appleseed.  You can find some of them here - http://www.americanfolklore.net/\n\nHave fun!
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New yorker's aren't a-holes, we're just very direct and very fast, and tend to get annoyed when others don't keep up. not alot of time for social niceties in the city that never sleeps. We're polite, just NY polite, i.e., a nod of the head as a greeting, taking the hand of a little kid who is scared to cross from the platform to the train, holding a cab for somebody who wants it after you just got out. All done wordlessly with no eye contact and maybe a muttered "thanks". We don't have time to gush, recieve gushing appreciation, or even engage in small talk, but it is nonetheless, our version of politeness.
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New York! It's really beautiful especially around Christmas time. Manhattan will be all lit up with lights. Plenty of tourist. Lots of shoppers. Ice Skating. Beautiful Hotels. I think New York is perfect for the holiday!
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These are our most important traditions concerning special holidays during the year.\n\nhttp://www.czechheritage.net/nameday.html\n\nCzech republic is a country of many traditions, usually based on superstitions, for example eating a specific food on a specific day may either bring you luck or troubles. People in small villages usually use things such as flowers to predict the future, for example girls try to foretell when will they get married and what shall their husband be like...
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how about concentrating on stories of the 'little people'.  ordinary, everyday folk who aren't famous or infamous, just folk doing what they know to do.  like a teacher, a baker, a grandmother, a street sweeper?   try to find beauty in the ordinaryness of life and tie it in with a faint reference to new york.  write your paper so that it is up to the reader to decide the 'value' of the life or dynamics of the person / place interface.  i think too many people are obsessed with ideas about ' dark', 'funniest', 'best', 'worst', . . . it is boring and meaningless.
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yes, check out the following link\nhttp://www.nyc.gov/html/dsny/html/home/home.shtml