13th. year of the millennium. A different type of party.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

Baitball Blogger has started a thread party for the New Year. It is a happy bright affair. http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018269193
However, I started thinking, this is the 13th. year of the millennium. It is almost like having Halloween all year long.
So to mark the 13th. year of the millennium I am starting a different type of New Year’s Party thread.
Please, step in and join the party.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

1. Ah, don't be shy! Have a drink!

A Very Bloody Mary.
http://www.mrfood.com/Cold-Beverages/Very-Bloody-Mary/#

[Lady Freedom Returns]

2. Some soft music?

[Moondog]

3. Still offering up that

smoked salmon / guacamole bruschetta?

Hmmm. Bright or dark?

Maybe one, then the other?

[Lady Freedom Returns]

4. Of Course!Lots!

The big guy over there loves it, so I had to make quadruple!

Guacamole-Smoked Salmon Bruschetta

Recipe at http://www.food.com/recipe/guacamole-smoked-salmon-bruschetta-211503

[Moondog]

5. Yum. I'll be by. Hope there's some left!

[Lady Freedom Returns]

6. With the guest I have...

I had to make more than enough, of everything.

[Moondog]

7. Hope he shows you a good time.

In appreciation of all your efforts, of course.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

8. Why is #13 looked at as bad?

I went to find some answers and found some at Answers.com/ Wiki Answers.

•In Christianity, the Last Supper had thirteen attendants, during which Jesus Christ revealed that one of the guests would betray him. Legend tells that afterward one of the Apostles, Judas Iscariot, did so and turned Jesus over to the Romans. This led to the crucifixion of Jesus. It is also claimed that Judas sat at the thirteenth place at the Last Supper's table. As a result of this betrayal, the number 13 has maintained a bad reputation and has a superstitious characteristic in Christian culture.

•Bearing some similarity to the Christian tradition, in Norse lore, a banquet of twelve deities was interrupted by the evil god Loki, making thirteen the number of gods present when the nigh-immortal god Balder was killed by an arrow made from mistletoe (his only weakness). His death marked the beginning of Ragnarok, the end of everything.

•Thirteen is the number of circles used in Kaballah's Metatron's Cube. Although this glyph was typically used as a protective ward against demons and evil, its use in alchemy and magic may have led to a darker association with the form, much as a pentagram or pentacle has.

Read more at http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_is_13_an_unlucky_number

[LiberalEsto]

10. Pagan sacred number

Priestess plus 12 other witches makes a coven

[Lady Freedom Returns]

9. Come now. I see the view count going up.

Join in! Theme is easy. Just think spooky!

[Lady Freedom Returns]

11. Good Griff! Bob is over there telling that story again!

[Baitball Blogger]

12. Oh, goody! Can I wear my Harry Potter robe?

[Lady Freedom Returns]

13. Can't see why not. This guy is.

[Baitball Blogger]

14. Now, that's an imposing figure.

I'm in love with his talent.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

15. I always thought Alan Rickman was a great actor, but...

I got a crush on him when he played Professor Severus Snape.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

16. Oh! Look who just walked in. The party boys!

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[Aristus]

17. Good to see you, LFR!

How are you this evening?

Please allow me to invite you to Will Shakespeare's shindig tonight. He bought out The Boar's Head Inn and Tavern tonight for a private party with all of his theater friends and WSTFTD fans.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

18. Of course!

Party hopping is a New Year's tradition! But should I change first? Would Will mind?

[Aristus]

19. No, no; you're good.

Will says to carry on...

[Lady Freedom Returns]

20. I'll get it! Who would be call? Hello?

Should have known!