Good Riddance Day kicks 2015 out the door

For thosegathered in New York City's Times Square on Monday to send a message to the year that was 2015:Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

What better way to see a bad year out and a new year inthan to destroy a photo of an old lover, debt-ridden credit card statements or a copy of that useless master's thesis?

Good Riddance Day is an annual smashfestbased on the ao viejo tradition in some Latin American countries.

Duringaoviejo, people in countries such as Colombia, Peru, Argentina and Mexico burn effigies meant to contain or symbolize bad memories and events from the year.

In NYC, the celebration is a little less flammable

People typically shred documents, break symbolic objects or write the memory or feeling they want to say goodbye to,and destroy it. Thisversion of the New Year's Evetradition has been happening in New York City for nine years.

Goodbye to a former self.

See you in hell, laptop!