New Year's Day Customs

The New Year's Eve feast on New Year's Day is filled with a festive atmosphere. In the soft music, people frequently raise their glasses and wish each other well. In the face of this joyful scene, people are full of fun, witty remarks. Sometimes, the invited guests to "force" put on the paper made of pointy hats, so that they hold the bell block, dancing and making a fool of themselves. After the New Year's bells have rung, the happy crowd joins hands and sings the famous Scottish folk song "In the Good Old Days". At formal New Year's Eve dinners, Westerners pay close attention to dress, with men usually wearing suits and dresses, and women wearing long, beautiful dresses. However, the New Year's masquerade is a different story. In the masquerade, people play

dressed in new and unique, so that others can not be recognized. On such occasions, there are no guests, no distinction between noble and lowly, and everything is in a relaxed and happy atmosphere. On New Year's Day and Eve, some Westerners do not go to the public **** place, and do not participate in the feast and party, they go to the church to hold the resignation of the old year to welcome the new year.

Although New Year's Day is not a religious holiday, but on New Year's Eve, all churches will hold a New Year's Eve service.

In the United States, New Year's Day customs come from a variety of cultural backgrounds, because the United States is a predominantly foreign immigrant country, New Year's Eve, they are in various forms of expression of their joyful mood. Some participate in the New Year's Eve feast, while others flock to the local public **** square to participate in public celebrations. New Year's Eve is the most spectacular, the most lively public celebrations in New York Times Square (TimeSquare). New Yorkers and foreign tourists gathered in Times Square, people stretched their necks waiting for the Happy New Year lighted words that will appear over the square. The custom of giving gifts on New Year's Day is gradually disappearing in American society today, replaced by the gift of New Year's cards, New Year's cards, and so on.

Open House (hospitality) custom is a major feature of the American New Year's Day customs. They open the door, so that guests are free to come out of the people. Open House is the first President George Washington, New Year's Day in 1789, he opened the door of his own residence, to receive guests from all sides. 18O0 years, the United States is the capital of Washington, D.C., every year on New Year's Day, the President of the residence of the White House is open to the public.

In the New Year, some Westerners especially like to hold a scythe of the old man of time and the round and chubby cherub's colorful portrait, because people believe that, in the new year, the old man of time and the cherub will bring greater happiness and joy.