Wear Yellow Underwear to Wish for Prosperity / 🇲🇽 Mexico

Yellow is the colour of a wish for money in this Mexican New Year custom. Wear it as the year changes, and a piece of ordinary clothing becomes a small, private way to mark what you hope for. Red is associated with love, so choosing between the two colours is also a way of choosing what to put first. For a prosperity wish, reach for yellow. The choice works as part of getting dressed for the evening, whether you are heading out for a celebration or spending it at home.

1. Find a yellow pair among the clothes you have and set it out with what you plan to wear that evening.
2. Put it on before you welcome the new year. The colour can stay under whatever clothes suit the occasion.
3. As the year changes, think of a particular wish for prosperity. You might picture a steadier household budget or saving enough for something you care about.
4. If you are spending the evening with friends and want to share the tradition, talk about what the colours mean and let each person make their own choice.

A comfortable style that fits the evening is easy to wear through dinner or the countdown. Keep the wish as private as you like. It can simply be a thought you return to while everyone around you is busy saying hello to the new year.

Changing years is a moment to choose what you want to carry forward. The Mexican colour custom gives that choice a visible form in the shop or at home, then hides it again under the clothes you actually wear to celebrate. In Mexico City, shoppers have looked for both yellow and red styles in public markets and neighbourhood stalls before the celebrations. The garments ranged in cut, so the common element was the colour.

The two colours fit into a wider set of wishes expressed around the same holiday. It is this contrast that makes yellow so distinctive: a person who wishes for love may pick red, while a person who has prosperity in mind picks yellow. Two people can dress for the same party and take entirely different hopes with them.