holiday traditions

I looked out at the setting sun, and twisted the ring Pop Pop gave me, the one I always wear on my right hand.

As the clocked ticked its way from 2012 to 2013, we gathered around the bonfire and ceremoniously offered our human-size effigy to the flames. That's the Año Viejo (or "Old Year") tradition here in Ecuador, and one worth adopting no matter where you live.