Park Record columnist Teri Orr.
I am Irish enough to know you open the front and back doors at New Year’s to let the old year out and welcome the new in. You clang pots to remove bad spirits who have taken up residence and you light candles to show good spirits the way in. I don’t think there is a single moment to do this where you shift the energy — it only matters that you do it as one year is making way for the next. Like beating a rug or knocking a pillow to remove the dust and all manner of matter that might be stuck.