New Year
Annual calendar reset
New Year is the holiday celebrating the start of the calendar year, observed on January 1 in most Western countries.
It involves festivities, countdowns, and resolutions: We stayed up until midnight on New Year, Happy New Year!
The celebration often extends to New Year's Eve (December 31) and New Year's Day.
Other cultures observe their own New Year at different times—Chinese New Year, Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah), and others. (Lowercase new year refers to any beginning year.)
- JanuaryYear's opening month
- ball dropAnnual midnight spectacle
- dropping the ballFailing at a crucial moment
- Times SquareFamous Manhattan intersection
- Auld Lang SyneTraditional year-end song
countdown · midnight · Rosh Hashanah · fireworks · champagne · noisemakers · celebration · sparklers · confetti · streamers · resolution · toast · tradition · holiday · Dick Clark · cheers · party hats · hope
- celebrationsgraduation, festival, party, wedding, fireworks
- eventsevent, events, party, parties, wedding
- traditionstradition, custom, customs, cultural practices, rituals
- Holiday StuffChristmas, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day
- holiday traditionsChristmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Easter, Hanukkah
- holidaysChristmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Valentine's Day
New Yearend of year
Final period of twelve months
year-end · old year · New Year's Eve · final days · midyear
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