New Year's Day is a major holiday celebrated unanimously in all states across the United States. Americans celebrate New Year's Day and the most festive night is New Year's Eve. It is the night when people gather in churches, streets, or squares to sing, pray, bless, confess, and join in welcoming the moment of renewal. At 12:00 midnight, church bells across the country ring out and bands play the famous nostalgic song "Safe Journey". Amidst the music, excited people embraced, ushering in the new year together with the sadness of farewell and the desire for a new life***.
New Year's in the United States is not the most lively holiday, but there are still a lot of grand celebrations, the California Rose Society is the largest New Year's Eve pageant in the United States, when the flowers, especially roses tied into the colorful car stretches for miles, the car full of flowers to do a variety of models, not only to attract the men and women of California, young and old people flocked to the streets, but also attracted millions of television viewers. In Philadelphia, there is a tradition of masquerade parades in which people dressed as clowns and women (according to an old custom, women are not allowed to participate in the parade) sing and dance along with the colorful cars, making it a lively event.
Americans also have an interesting habit of making New Year's resolutions, which they call "New Year's Resolutions". These resolutions are usually not grandiose, but rather simple and practical intentions, such as "I will quit smoking", "I will treat my neighbors well" and so on. They always speak frankly to everyone in order to be monitored and encouraged.
It is said that American Indians also have a unique New Year's custom. On New Year's Eve, they held a characteristic bonfire party, where families gathered around the bonfire and sang and danced. When the morning dew, they will put the old clothes to the torch, as a symbol of the old and the new.
Britain
In Britain, New Year's Day on the Gregorian calendar is not as grand as Christmas, but on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, it is still based on local customs to carry out a variety of celebratory activities to show that the old and welcome the new. British people in the late night of New Year's Eve, often with pastries and wine out to visit, they do not knock on the door, went straight into the home of friends and relatives. According to the British custom, after the New Year's Eve, the first person to step into the house, heralding the luck of the new year. If the first guest is a dark-haired man, or a happy, happy and wealthy person, the host will be lucky all year round. If the first guest is a woman with light yellow hair, or a sad, poor, unfortunate person, the host will have bad luck in the new year, and will encounter difficulties and disasters. New Year's Eve in the home of friends and relatives as guests, before talking to the fireplace fire, to rattle, bless the host "open the door to good luck". Most of the New Year celebrations in Britain are held on New Year's Eve, and the "New Year's Eve Banquet" is one of them, which is divided into two categories: "Family Banquet" and "Group Banquet". The banquet usually starts at 8:00 p.m. on New Year's Eve and ends at midnight on New Year's Day. Various kinds of wine, food and snacks are provided for people to drink all night long. At midnight, people turn on their radios and listen to the New Year's bells from the church bells, which ring out with a great deal of joy, toasts and cheers, and sing the song "Daylight of the Past".
The "New Year's Eve Ball" is another celebration. By local inns and dances, night falls. People dressed in festive costumes, from all directions Jie to these decorated and brilliantly illuminated dance floor, dancing in the beautiful music, thousands of people, but also gathered to the various plazas, around the center of the plaza fountains and Eros elephant, singing and dancing, and enjoy the revelry. Television stations also do live broadcasts in the square, so that the people in the home "to observe the New Year" also **** enjoy the joy.
New Year's well water is the countryside of the British Midlands has long been a custom, it is said that the first to hit the well water is the new year's blessed people, hit the water is auspicious water, so early on New Year's Day, people are scrambling to carry buckets, to the well to go.
Germany
Celebrate New Year's Eve at the Albrecht Palace, a German countryside hotel, and then head outside to take in the natural beauty of the old Hanseatic League cities of Stendhal, Salzwedel, Gadereggen, Osterberg, Tanglemünde, Wilpen and the center of Havelberg.
Or start the New Year off right in the Potsdam countryside, starting with an indulgent breakfast buffet.
Or take a cruise on the Rhine on one of the Cologne-Düsseldorf Cruise Line's boat trips for those who like to take a boat trip on the Rhine, watch the fireworks, have a fun New Year's Eve party on the water, and drink German beer and dance to a disco.
After Christmas comes the New Year. Germans attach great importance to New Year's Eve, and they believe that a good or bad New Year's Eve is directly related to the fate of the year. On New Year's Eve, people use fireworks, lights, and loud noises to quell evil spirits and welcome the new year.
Some small villages in the Black Forest mountains of Germany have the custom of holding a New Year's Eve parade on New Year's Eve. The villagers, after the New Year's Eve Mass, hold lanterns in their hands and start the New Year's Eve parade with the accompaniment of the church bells in a joyful manner. People sing songs of praise and thank God for the blessings on earth. At this time, the priest and the mayor or mayor of the village make speeches, wishing everyone a happy New Year and all the best. At exactly 12:00 midnight, the newlyweds ring the bell in the belfry, and the sound of the bells signals the arrival of the New Year.
In the original border region, people rang in their gardens at dawn on New Year's Day so that fruit trees would be fruitful. In the Alps, on the other hand, people announced the arrival of the new year by cracking whips. This custom is reminiscent of the Germanic custom of warding off evil spirits with sound. In North Germany, on New Year's Day, children walk through the streets with "ringing pots" and sing songs. In Baden, there's an unusual New Year's song: children ring their neighbors' doorbells and recite short, popular poems to wish them a happy new year, often accompanied by a riddle.
The Germans also have the custom of wearing new clothes on New Year's Day, and they believe that wearing new clothes on New Year's Day is good for everything, and wearing new clothes on New Year's Day is bad for the year. They believe that wearing new clothes on New Year's Day is a good idea, and that wearing new clothes on New Year's Day is a bad idea. This custom is similar to the Chinese New Year in China. Auspicious objects in the German New Year include "lucky pig", "fish scale roe", "horseshoe" and so on. "Auspicious pig" recalls the Germanic gods in the totem boar, which is a symbol of sacredness and good luck. "Fish scales and roe are used to bring in wealth, and placing a few fish scales in a wallet is a sign of prosperity in the New Year. It is also customary to nail a horseshoe to the door in the New Year, which is said to have the effect of driving away evil spirits and suppressing demons.
The German New Year is celebrated for a week. During this period, every family should be set up a fir tree and horizontal tree, between the leaves of the tree tied full of silk flowers, said the flowers like brocade, spring full of people. The Germans climb onto chairs at midnight on New Year's Eve, and when the bell rings, they jump off the chairs and throw a heavy object behind the backs of the chairs to show that they are throwing off the trouble and jumping into the New Year. Children form bands, dress up in new clothes, carry harmoniums and accordions, and parade through the streets playing. Adults follow with colorful flags, shouting and singing to celebrate the New Year. German women perform improvised comedy sketches on family themes in the New Year. In Germany, there is a New Year's custom in the countryside - "Tree Climbing Competition", in which young men compete to climb up a bare tree, and the first place winner is called "New Year's Hero" to show that he has risen high in the world. The first place is called "New Year's Hero" to show that they will rise higher and higher in the future.
Japan
The Japanese attach special importance to New Year's Day, which is celebrated from December 29 to January 3 every year as a national vacation. The Japanese call December 31st "Daikoi Day", which is also known as New Year's Eve. On the night of New Year's Eve, the Japanese call it "New Year's Eve", when they pray to the gods for blessings to send away the old year of trouble and usher in a beautiful new year, called "Hatsu Atsui".
On New Year's Eve, at midnight, temples in cities and towns ring 108 bells to drive away evil, while Japanese people sit quietly and listen to the "New Year's Eve bells", the bells stop ringing to signal the arrival of the New Year. People then leave their seats and go to bed, hoping to get a good dream. On the morning of New Year's Day, family members sit together and tell each other the dreams they had on New Year's Eve, in order to measure good and bad luck. The Japanese call the first day of New Year's Day "Shoichi", and the 1st - 3rd days "Sangaichi". On the first day of the New Year, the younger generation must first go to their parents to pay homage to their parents, greet their parents, and then go to the home of friends and relatives to pay homage to the New Year, the New Year is also a "food" festival, people of all countries to eat their own national food to pray for good luck. In Japan, on the day of the "main day", breakfast is very rich, eating sugar carrots, buckwheat noodles, etc., and drinking tsukudani. Thereafter, for three days in a row, they eat vegetarian, as a sign of piety, and pray for good luck in the coming year. Now most of the Japanese city people have given up the New Year's vegetarian uniform habit, instead of "New Year's Eve" to eat a meal of hollow noodles, in order to wish in the new year, health and longevity.
Canada
Canadians celebrate New Year's in a variety of ways, from champagne, polar bear swimming, indoor bungee jumping and snowboarding.
The city of Halifax celebrates New Year's Eve with a wild concert in front of City Hall. Local musicians are planning an all-night funfair, while organizers claim to set off the most elaborate fireworks in Canada. Bus and ferry service in the city was free Saturday night.
Outside Halifax, swimmers prepared to ring in the New Year by braving the freezing ocean Sunday morning.
In Northern Newfoundland and Southeastern Labrador, some families were forced to ring in 2006 in the dark. Power was out in some areas due to a snowstorm. Spokeswoman Dawn Dalley said workers were unable to get to utility poles to make repairs because there was so much snow on them.
Also, 15 Manticoke suburbs plan to celebrate the arrival of the New Year as cities. Four years ago, those areas were forced to become part of Manticore along with 13 others, much to the chagrin of some residents. After a long battle and a referendum, the 15 districts finally regained their city status starting Jan. 1, the city said.
In Toronto, thousands of people were expected to descend on City Hall Plaza to celebrate the holiday, which included three musical performances. Toronto's public ****transit system is not free, but it is working extended hours.
Alberta and Shaskachwan are preparing to celebrate the New Year with parties. Meanwhile sports enthusiasts will hold an inner-city bungee jump to enjoy the joy of free fall. Enjoy elegant nostalgic tunes at a big jazz concert in Calgary.
Fireworks will be set off at the Whistler Vacation Sanctuary in British Columbia. The Vancouver Polar Bears Swimming Association, the largest association in North America, will celebrate New Year's Day by hosting its 86th annual Winter Swim, with thousands of people jumping into English Bay for a swim today.