New Year's Eve
Year's final night
New Year's Eve is December 31st, the final day of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
The evening is traditionally celebrated with parties, countdowns, and gatherings to mark the transition to the new year at midnight: We're throwing a New Year's Eve party, Times Square on New Year's Eve.
Annual midnight spectacle
- Times SquareFamous Manhattan intersection
- midnightTwelve o'clock at night
- clockDevice displaying time
- timerDuration-tracking mechanism
seconds · anticipation · ticking · counting · final · backward · chimes · Big Ben
Gathering for celebration
- fireworksExplosive light displays
- champagneEffervescent celebratory wine
- toastHeated bread; glass-raising honor
- confettiThrown celebration scraps
balloons · gala · festivities · revelry · gathering · noisemakers · streamers · sparklers
Touch with lips
- fireworksExplosive light displays
- toastHeated bread; glass-raising honor
- champagneEffervescent celebratory wine
- chimesTuned percussion bells
Auld Lang Syne · ball drop · embrace · cheers · witching hour · bells · gong · bongs
Stored past experiences
- retrospectiveReviewing what came before
- looking backRecalling what happened before
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
milestones · highlights · achievements · regrets · gratitude · life review · summing up · photo montage
Intended end results
- self-improvementEnhancing oneself deliberately
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- intentionsPlanned purposes or goals
- fresh startOpportunity to restart unburdened
new beginning · promises · habit · change · willpower · motivation · fitness · diet
ball drop
Annual midnight spectacle
- Times SquareFamous Manhattan intersection
- midnightTwelve o'clock at night
- clockDevice displaying time
timer · seconds · anticipation · ticking · counting · final · backward · chimes · Big Ben · hourglass
party
Gathering for celebration
- fireworksExplosive light displays
- champagneEffervescent celebratory wine
- toastHeated bread; glass-raising honor
confetti · balloons · gala · festivities · revelry · gathering · noisemakers · streamers · sparklers · music
kiss
Touch with lips
- fireworksExplosive light displays
- toastHeated bread; glass-raising honor
- champagneEffervescent celebratory wine
chimes · Auld Lang Syne · ball drop · embrace · cheers · witching hour · bells · gong · bongs · starlight
memories
Stored past experiences
- retrospectiveReviewing what came before
- looking backRecalling what happened before
- recollectionRecalled mental image
reminiscence · milestones · highlights · achievements · regrets · gratitude · life review · summing up · photo montage · lessons learned
goals
Intended end results
- self-improvementEnhancing oneself deliberately
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- intentionsPlanned purposes or goals
fresh start · new beginning · promises · habit · change · willpower · motivation · fitness · diet · health
- DecemberChristmas, Christmas Eve, holiday season, advent, winter solstice
- EvesChristmas Eve, All Hallows Eve
- Winter HolidaysChristmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, winter solstice, Boxing Day
- Year-EndChristmas, December, holidays, ball drop, Auld Lang Syne
- drinking partieskegger, booze-up, keg party, pub crawl, booze cruise
- traditionstradition, custom, customs, cultural practices, rituals
year, years, yearly, newness, year-round, eves, New Year's Day, New Years, New Year