The American holiday is New Year’s Day on January 1st. This holiday is celebrated in every state in the United States.
New Year’s Day is a major holiday celebrated uniformly in all states across the United States. When Americans celebrate the New Year, the most lively time is the night before the New Year. At night, people gather in churches, streets or squares to sing, pray, bless, repent, and welcome the moment of getting rid of the old and renewing together. At 12 o'clock at midnight, church bells across the country rang in unison, and the band played the famous nostalgic song "Have a safe journey". In the sound of music, excited people hugged each other, welcoming the new year together with the sadness of farewell and the longing for a new life.
New Year is not the busiest holiday in the United States, but there are still many grand celebrations. The California Rose Festival is the largest New Year celebration in the United States, where flowers, especially roses, are used to make The floats stretch for miles and are filled with various models made of flowers. They not only attract California men, women and children to crowd the streets, but also attract millions of television viewers. In Philadelphia, there is a tradition of holding a costume parade. People participating in the parade, some dressed as clowns and some dressed as women (according to ancient customs, women are not allowed to participate in this parade), sang and danced along with the floats, and it was very lively.
Americans also have an interesting habit of making resolutions in the New Year, which they call "New Year's resolutions." This determination is usually not a grand ambition, but some simple and practical plans, such as "I will quit smoking", "I will treat my neighbors well" and so on. They always speak frankly to everyone in order to receive supervision and encouragement.