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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 82. Chapters: Andean-Amazonic New Year, Berchtoldstag, Dongzhi Festival, Dydd Santes Dwynwen, Festivus, Groundhog Day, Handsel Monday, Hogmanay, HumanLight, International Sweater Vestival, Jol (Iceland), Jul (Denmark), Jul (Norway), Junkanoo, Klozum, Korean New Year, Korochun, Kwanzaa, List of winter festivals, Losar, Makar Sankranti, Malanka, Matariki, Montol Festival, Mummer's Day, New Year's Day, New Year's Eve, Nickanan Night, Old New Year, Saturnalia, Sinterklaas, Solstice, Sol Invictus, Soyal, Tsagaan Sar, Winter Nights, Winter solstice, Winter vacation, Wren Day, Yaldā, Yule, Zagmuk, Zartosht No-Diso. Excerpt: In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve (also Saint Silvester's Day in many countries), the last day of the year, is on December 31. In many countries, New Year's Eve is celebrated at evening social gatherings, where many people dance, eat, drink alcoholic beverages, and watch or light fireworks to mark the new year. Some people attend a watchnight service. The celebrations generally go on past midnight into January 1 (New Year's Day). The island nations of Kiribati and Samoa are the first to welcome the New Year while Honolulu, Hawaii is among the last places to welcome the New Year. New Year traditions and celebrations in Canada vary regionally. New Year's Eve (also called New Year's Eve Day or Veille du Jour de l'An in French) is generally a social holiday. In many cities, such as Toronto and Niagara Falls in Ontario, there are large celebrations which may feature concerts, late-night partying, sporting events, and fireworks, with free public transit service during peak party times in most major cities. In some areas, such as in rural Quebec, people ice fish and drink alcoholic beverages with their friends until the early hours of January 1. From 1956 to 1976, Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians serenaded...
