THE BUZZ: New Year’s card sheep completes knitting scarf

When millions of Japanese get their customary New Year’s greeting cards tomorrow, the sheep that’s on the postage stamps will have finished knitting the scarf it began 12 years ago.
Tradition in Japan calls for people to send post cards — often hundreds of them — to friends, colleagues and relatives, decked with pine trees, cranes and other symbols of good luck to welcome the new year — but also showing the animal of the year, as set by the Asian zodiac.
Although most stores and businesses are closed Jan. 1, mail workers are hard at work, making sure all the cards get delivered.
The sheep is the animal for 2015, heralding a year of harmony as well as possibly meekness, according to astrological storytelling.