New Year's Day
     People would greet each other on Jan. 1 with "a good and happy new year, and Paradise at the end of your days."  It was considered good luck for the first person to enter your home be a male (and sometimes they paid a fellow to stop for a visit).  Another tradition was to forgive or reconcile with those who've done you wrong.   And if you wore a new garment for the first time that day, it meant you'd have new clothes all year long.  Sometimes small gifts were given.  It was not uncommon for godparents to give out small gifts or a bit of change to the children.  If a gathering was held, there may have been spruce beer or homemade wine to drink. 
Epiphany
     Epiphany was more of a religious holiday.  It was celebrated with a Twelfth Night cake.  In some places, a ring, a button, and a medal were placed inside.  Whoever got the piece with the ring would be married soon; whoever got the button would remain single; and whoever got the medal was destined for a religious career.  Sometimes 2 beans were placed in the cake.  Those who got the beans were king and queen for the festivities.
Candlemas