Denmark is the country associated with the New Year's Eve custom of smashing old plates against friends' and neighbors' doors.
The tradition uses unwanted or specially saved crockery, which is thrown against doors around New Year's Eve. A large pile of broken plates was traditionally interpreted as a sign that a household had many friends or visitors. The custom is a playful form of good-luck ritual rather than ordinary household vandalism.
Danish New Year celebrations also include eating kransekage, a ring-shaped almond cake, and watching the monarch's New Year speech. Plate smashing is frequently attributed broadly to Scandinavia, but the door-smashing custom is especially associated with Denmark. It should not be confused with the Spanish twelve-grapes tradition or Italy's lentil custom.