In message , madgardener
writes
(for New Year's the tradition is to make a pot of black eyed peas with
the ham bone from the Christmas ham, and throw a silver dime into the
pot of simmering peas. Whoever finds the dime has good luck all
year.........

We put a bean into a cake for for the feast of the three kings - whoever
finds it is bean king for the day. And we used to untrim the tree, then
put it up outside, trimmed with popcorn chains, fat balls, and all
sorts!

--
Klara, Gatwick basin