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New Year's Day is the first day of the

calendar year. It is celebrated as a holiday in

almost every country in the world. It is a time

of gaiety, sharing with friends, remembering

the past, and hoping for good things in the

future. In the United States, thousands of

people am !imes S"uare in New Yor# $ity to

welcome the New Year at midnight. !he

transition between New Year's %ve and NewYear's Day is an e&citing one. In !imes S"uare,

people count down the seconds to welcome the

new day as the New Year ball slowly descends

and lights up the area.

Not all countries or cultures celebrate New Year on anuary (st. !he $hinese, %gyptian,

ewish, )oman, and *ohammedan years all have different start dates.

!he$hinese New Yearstarts on a different day each year.

!he $hinese +unar $alendar is ,-/ years older than ours and never begins on anuary

(st, nor does it begin on the same date each year. It can begin any time between anuary

(st and 0ebruary (1th, depending on the date of the New *oon in 2"uarius. %ach year

is named for an animal. %very ( years this cycle begins again. !he $hinese say that the

animal ruling the year you were bornwill influence your life. In

//3, $hinese New Year begins anuary -th and will be the

year of the 4&.

2ccording to $hinese fol#lore, every person has personality

traits that are the same as their animal birth sign. !hedifferent animals are 5

The Rat The Ox The Tiger The Rabbit The Dragon The Snake The HorseThe Sheep/GoatThe MonkeyThe RoosterThe DogThe Pig!housands of years ago, the %gyptians celebrated their New Year about the middle of

une. !hat was the time when the Nile )iver usually overflowed.

anuary (was recogni6ed as New Year's Day in the (7//'s with the introduction of the

8regorian calendar. !he ulian $alendar places the New Year on anuary (. !he ewish

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New Year, a feast day, is celebrated about the time of the fall e"uino&, in late

September.

In ancient )ome, the first day of the New Year honoured

anus, the god of gates, doors, beginnings and endings 9 the

month of anuary, named after anus, was originally called'anuarius'. anus had two faces 9 one which loo#ed ahead

to see what the new year would bring, and the other loo#ed

bac#ward to see what happened during the past year.

2ncient )omans celebrated New Years by giving gifts to

friends and family members 9 some even gave gifts to

Senators in e&change for favours:

In %ngland, Druid priests celebrated their New Year on

*arch (/. !hey gave branches of mistletoe to people for

charms. +ater, %nglish people followed the custom of cleaning their chimneys on NewYear's Day. !he %nglish believed this brought good luc# to the household for the coming

year. !he e&pression ;cleaning the slate; came from this custom. It means ma#ing

resolutions to correct faults and bad habits.