Happy New Year 2012

New York celebrates the new year CNN|
Added on December 31, 2011
New York celebrates the arrival of 2012.
Mayor Bloomberg and Lady GAga and the thousands in New York.
Topping it off with Frank singing New York, New York

Hulk, en fuego!

By Kent Jones - Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:05 AM EST Ricardo Bohorquez


How's this for a New Year's cleansing ritual? In Ecuador, residents build massive dummies called años viejos (old years) and then… burn them. Goodbye 2011! And take your rage-filled Hulk-ified baggage with you! Which makes me wonder…what are you, the Rachel Maddow Show viewers, doing for New Year's? And do you have any special rituals for ending the old year and ushering in the new? 2012 awaits in the comments.

January 1st, 2012 03:04 PM ET 5 hours ago PHOTO: Happy 'Newt' Year Posted by CNN Political Producer Shawna Shepherd Ames, Iowa (CNN) – Newt Gingrich supporters in Iowa hope 2012 will be a "Happy 'Newt' Year."