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It is, for most of you, December 31st, 2014.

Happy New Year's Eve.

Boy, oh boy, I hope that 2014 has been a good year for you.

And I hope that 2015 is even better.

Or if 2014 was bad, I hope 2015 is great. Yeah. How was 2014 for me?

That was pretty good. Actually, I must be honest. 2014 was, I had several very bad years in a row.

I mean like five or six years that were terrible.

Seriously bad.

And 2014 was good.

2014, finally, my bad luck started to turn around.

So I'm hoping to continue my happiness.

Yeah, I'm getting old, so I would like to die a happy man.

I don't know, midlife crisis.

I don't know what it was.

But anyway, 2014 was good. And I plan to make 2015 extra special. And I hope you do too. Now, in America, and maybe right now in your country, people are preparing to celebrate

the end of 2014 and to welcome 2015. I know in several countries around the world, people do this

by eating a grape as the clock strikes midnight. I know you do that in Thailand. I know you do that

in Spain. Very interesting. What other

kinds of interesting traditions do you have in your country? In America, basically, people count

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