January first
New Year's Day
January first is New Year's Day, the first day of the calendar year in countries using the Gregorian calendar.
The date marks both an official holiday and a cultural moment of fresh starts and resolutions: We're closed January first, I'm quitting smoking January first.
Often written January 1 or January 1st.
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- midnightTwelve o'clock at night
- stroke of midnightExact moment of twelve
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
champagne · fireworks · fresh · beginning · clean slate · turning the page · calendar · toast · ball drop · hangover · confetti · renewal · party · winter · cold · Times Square · kiss · hope
- Rose BowlRose Parade, Tournament of Roses, Pasadena, granddaddy, bowl game
- New Yearball drop, countdown, midnight kiss, champagne toast, New Year's Day
calendar position
January firstNew Year's Eve
Annual December celebration night
year-end · December · mid-year · the night before · fiscal year end