Speaker 1: Happy new Lisa Elliott.
Speaker 2: Happy Yes, Bananette that means happy New Year in French.
Speaker 3: Grander, thank you for inviting us to your New Year's
Speaker 3: Day party.
Speaker 2: But of course, and where is your little friends?
Speaker 1: Actually, I'm not sure he should be here.
Speaker 4: Welcome to Stories for Kids by Lingo Kids, where we
Speaker 4: discover fascinating facts about the world around us and the
Speaker 4: fun of play learning. The friends are celebrating New Year's
Speaker 4: Day with Cowie and her grawn mare that's French for grandmother.
Speaker 4: Have you ever spent a holiday at someone else's home.
Speaker 4: Did they celebrate the same way your family celebrates or
Speaker 4: were some things different or even confusing? Let's join the
Speaker 4: Lingo Kids' friends to see how Cowie's family welcomes the
Speaker 4: new year.
Speaker 1: Come in, come in.
Speaker 2: I must run back to the kitchen to finish cooking
Speaker 2: the meal.
Speaker 5: I can't wait, Cawie, I brought the New Year's soup.
Speaker 1: Here you go.
Speaker 5: Soup, Yes, long middle soup for a long life.
Speaker 1: We make it every New Year's Day.
Speaker 5: Oh, we don't usually have soup, but it smells good.
Speaker 1: A point on the table.
Speaker 3: Well, my family makes popcorn, and I brought a fresh batch.
Speaker 1: To ship popcorn. Yeah, for the movie.
Speaker 5: But Lisa, we'll watch movies on New Year's you don't.
Speaker 3: But then what do you do all day?
Speaker 5: Well, I guess mostly we eat. We eat a lot,
Speaker 5: and sometimes we go for a.
Speaker 1: Walk if it's not cold.
Speaker 5: Oh, but isn't that kind of boring. It's not boring,
Speaker 5: it's cozy and special. You're just being mean.
Speaker 1: Oh well, I am not trying to be mean, Cawie.
Speaker 1: It's just that once. Well, it's not what my family does. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's not when my family does either.
Speaker 4: Oh all right, everyone. I can tell you are all
Speaker 4: excited to celebrate New Years, and maybe you're used to
Speaker 4: celebrating in different ways. You know, there are many different
Speaker 4: ways to celebrate the New Year. But today you are
Speaker 4: guests at Cowie's house, so maybe you can let Cowie
Speaker 4: show you how her family celebrates.
Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, I'm sorry, Callie.
Speaker 3: I'm I guess I'm just not sure what I'm supposed
Speaker 3: to do.
Speaker 1: I think I'm a little nervous. Sorry, Cowie, me too.
Speaker 1: It's okay, don't be nervous. I'll show you to the doorbell.
Speaker 1: Who is it? Billy?
Speaker 4: Billy says he's sorry, he's late. He slipped through his
Speaker 4: alarm clock.
Speaker 1: That's okay, Billy, But what are you wearing?
Speaker 3: Yeah, looks like party beads and glowing the dark glasses.
Speaker 4: Billy says they are left over from his family's New
Speaker 4: Year's Eve party. They were up until midnight dancing and
Speaker 4: watch the fireworks from a tree branch.
Speaker 1: Fires at midnight. That is way past my bedtime.
Speaker 5: A New Year's Eve dance party sounds fun. But what
Speaker 5: does your family do on New Year's Day?
Speaker 4: Billy says, sleep.
Speaker 2: Billy, you made it just in time. Everyone helped me
Speaker 2: bring our feast to the table.
Speaker 5: Sure, of course it smells so good.
Speaker 1: Wow, it really is a feast. There's cheese and bread
Speaker 1: and meat and fruits. And oh there's my popcorn in.
Speaker 5: A fety bowl and my lone little soup. What's wrong, Billy?
Speaker 4: Billy says he's feeling bad because he didn't know he
Speaker 4: was supposed to bring something to share.
Speaker 2: Oh, don't worry at we have plenty of food. Please
Speaker 2: eat bonapity.
Speaker 1: You, Billy, you brought yourself and your party peet.
Speaker 2: This is Soupy's not too good, Eliot, I must get
Speaker 2: the recipe.
Speaker 1: Thank you, grandmere.
Speaker 3: This is not how my family celebrates New Year's but
Speaker 3: it is pretty fun and delicious.
Speaker 1: I knew you'd like it, Lisa.
Speaker 2: What does your family do, Lisa?
Speaker 3: Oh well, first of all, we were matching pajamas all
Speaker 3: day long.
Speaker 1: Cheut uh huh.
Speaker 3: And we watch movies and sometimes they catch outside if
Speaker 3: it's not too cold in your pajamas. Yes, it's a
Speaker 3: peaty party all.
Speaker 2: Day incredible and Theliot, what does your family New Year's Day?
Speaker 1: Hmmm.
Speaker 5: In the morning, we make a big part of soup,
Speaker 5: we make lots of treats.
Speaker 1: It makes the house smell so good. And then the
Speaker 1: afternoon we visit our.
Speaker 5: Friends and give out our treats for us to meet
Speaker 5: New Year.
Speaker 2: Such a nice tradition, Eliot. In our family, we have
Speaker 2: a tradition to go around the big table and show
Speaker 2: New Year's resolutions.
Speaker 5: We can we we grand There is razy a special
Speaker 5: kind of lotion for New Year's.
Speaker 4: A New Year's resolution is like a goal you make
Speaker 4: for yourself for the new year.
Speaker 1: Oh, like a soccer goal.
Speaker 4: Not exactly. It can be something you'd like to try
Speaker 4: for the first time, or something you'd like to get
Speaker 4: better at, or it could even be something you'd like
Speaker 4: to stop doing.
Speaker 3: Oh, I get it like I want to write my
Speaker 3: bike to school or this year instead of writing in
Speaker 3: a car.
Speaker 1: To take care of the earth. Very good.
Speaker 2: And I would like to play the harmonica. This is
Speaker 2: my new year's resolution.
Speaker 1: That's cool? Grand there? Then you can make music.
Speaker 2: Wherever you go, EXACTI. And how about you shall goe well?
Speaker 5: This year, I want to read a whole book all
Speaker 5: by myself.
Speaker 1: I know you could do it, Calie.
Speaker 4: Those are some great new Year's resolutions or goals for
Speaker 4: the new year. Lingo kids listeners, do you have any
Speaker 4: New Year's resolutions?
Speaker 1: What are they? Well? That helped me think of my
Speaker 1: new year's resolution? What is it, Elliott?
Speaker 5: This year, I want to learn a new word every
Speaker 5: day coummel yep, my first word.
Speaker 1: Frazzy. We resolution. You are off to a great start, yasieur.
Speaker 2: And what about my little friend Billy?
Speaker 3: Yeah, Billy, what's your new Year's resolution?
Speaker 2: Perhaps to get more sleep?
Speaker 4: Not well, Lingo kids listeners, Today we learned that different
Speaker 4: families can celebrate the same holiday in different ways, and
Speaker 4: it can be fun to share family traditions. The best
Speaker 4: part about holiday is, no matter how you celebrate, is
Speaker 4: to be together. Join us next time to continue play
Speaker 4: learning with the Lingo Kids friends