New Year's Eve is probably the oldest celebration in the world - it started in Babylonia 4000 years ago. Most people celebrate it on 31st December.
New Year is a time for making resolutions but it is also about parties, fun and fireworks! There is also special food - in the USA people eat black-eyed peas, and in Europe they make cakes and sweets. In some English-speaking countries people wear paper hats, join hands and sing 'Auld Lang Syne' at midnight. Scotland is famous for its Hogmanay (New Year) celebrations which last four or five days and have traditional Scottish music!
Countries around the world have fireworks and street parties at New Year. Each year, the first place to experience the New Year is Kiritimati (Christmas Island) in the Pacific Ocean. After that, Auckland, New Zealand, is the first large city to celebrate and Alaska is one of the last places. On 31st December it is summer in Australasia. In Europe it is winter, but people still gather outside to celebrate.
2010 was special New Year because it was the end of the first decade of the 21st century. In New York, hundreds of thousands of people watched a giant crystal ball come down into Times Square. Millions of pieces of confetti floated down with 10 000 handwritten New Year wishes. In Sydney, 1.5 million people watched fireworks over the Opera House, and in Rio de Janeiro about 2 million people gathered on Copacabana beach. In London, 200 000 people listened to Big Ben and watched fireworks over the river Thames. In Tokyo, temple bells rang out at midnight and illuminated balloons floated in the sky.
the New Year is a new beginning and an opportunity to start again, so on 31st December remember to make your New Year's resolutions!
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Corrected Textmore↓New Year's Eve is probably the oldest celebration in the world - it started in Babylon 4000 years ago. Most people celebrate it on the 31st December.
New Year is a time for making resolutions but it is also about parties, fun and fireworks! There is also special food - in the USA people eat black-eyed peas and in Europe they make cakes and sweets. In some English-speaking countries people wear paper hats, join hands and sing 'Auld Lang Syne' at midnight. Scotland is famous for its Hogmanay (New Year) celebrations which last four or five days and have traditional Scottish music!
Countries around the world have fireworks and street parties at New Year. Each year, the first place to experience the New Year is Kiritimati (Christmas Island) in the Pacific Ocean. After that, Auckland, New Zealand, is the first large city to celebrate and Alaska is one of the last places. On 31st December it is summer in Australasia. In Europe it is winter, but people still gather outside to celebrate.
2010 was special New Year because it was the end of the first decade of the 21st century. In New York, hundreds of thousands of people watched a giant crystal ball come down into Times Square. Millions of pieces of confetti floated down with 10 000 handwritten New Year wishes. In Sydney, 1.5 million people watched fireworks over the Opera House, and in Rio de Janeiro about 2 million people gathered on Copacabana beach. In London, 200 000 people listened to Big Ben and watched fireworks over the river Thames. In Tokyo, temple bells rang out at midnight and illuminated balloons floated in the sky.
The New Year is a new beginning and an opportunity to start again, so on 31st December remember to make your New Year's resolutions!
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