How does your country celebrate the New Year?
I would like to know how your country celebrates the New Year. Please, tell me.
I wrote this text which is going to tell you how my country (Argentina) celebrate the New Year.
This New Year, as usual, my family members are going to meet in my home for celebrating the New Year.
We are going to have the traditional dinner. We frequently eat "asado" (It's a great quality roasted meat). We are going to tell each other nice stories that we had over the year till at midnight. Minutes before that time, we are going to prepare the "New Year table". We will put on it the almonds covered by chocolate and the wine. Then, exactly at twelve, we will make a toast for cheers and happiness that we expect to keep for all the year that will have already began.
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How does your country celebrate the New Year?
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I'll put my suggestions for edits in CAPS so they stand out.
This New Year, as usual, my FAMILY IS going to meet AT my home TO CELEBRATE the New Year.
We are going to have OUR traditional dinner. We frequently eat "asado" (It's a great quality roasted meat). We are going to tell each other nice stories that we had over the year till MIDNIGHT. Minutes before that time, we WILL (nothing wrong with "are going to" here, it's just a good idea to not use the same phrase over again; no one would pick that out in a spoken conversation, but in writing it stands out a bit more and comes off as monotonous to a reader) prepare the "New Year table". We will put OUT almonds covered by chocolate and WINE (you can rearrange wine to go first here, because written this way it sounds like the almonds are covered by chocolate & wine; you can also simply say "chocolate almonds"). Then, exactly at twelve, we will make a toast for JOY (minor correction, but "cheers" can equal "a toast," so written next to each other it sounds confusing) and happiness that we expect to keep for all the year that will have already BEGUN (technically this is correct but sounds a bit busy; most people would just say "for the new year").
Overall good job, you get the point across and use proper vocabulary, but it can just use a bit of cleaning up. Feel free to upgrade your level in English beyond just the 1 bar.
Here in the US, people get drunk, watch the ball drop at midnight (in New York City), and pass out at 12:05, haha. People in their 20's get really excited to go to parties, then a lot of people in their 30's start to get pessimistic about events like this, say they've seen it all before, they're tired, and just stay home. My wife's family, in the South, has a tradition on New Years Day to eat black eyed peas and collared greens. Has something to do with luck and money for the new year.
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Please, correct my text if it is required.
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