I don't really get into rituals,a tad weird for my thinking.
My Mother did, on the morning of New Year...and that made me think twice, it's not something I would do...however harmless.
I don't have any rituals for the New Year and never been bothered by it before but this year, I really felt a need for something significant to mark the change from 2014 to 2015. I was trying to garner some ideas here but it seems no-one else does anything either!