New Year's Day is perhaps the oldest of all holidays and celebrated
everywhere in the world. New Year's Day mark the end of one calendar
year and beginning of another. The date of New Year's Day varies in
countries across the globe this is because different countries and
communities follow different calendars. Most countries in the world have
adopted Gregorian Calendar and celebrate their New Year Day on January
1. It is the celebrations of this New Year Day which we shall discuss
under this section.
Celebrating the New Year Day people welcome the coming year and bid
adieu to the old. People express their wish that the new year will be
filled with health, happiness and prosperity for themselves and all
their dear ones. Feasting and merry-making is an integral part of New
Year's Day celebrations.
Please click on the links below to understand the traditions, customs
and origins of New Year's Day and New Year's Eve celebration. The New
Year's Date page lists the New Year's Date of different countries and
communities around the world.
