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The celebration of the new year on January 1st is a relatively new phenomenon. The earliest recording of a new year celebration is believed to have been in Mesopotamia, c. 2000 B.C. and was celebrated around the time of the vernal equinox = in mid-March.

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"The early Roman calendar designated March 1 as the new year. The calendar only had ten months. The new began with with the Month of March.

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The first time the new year was celebrated on January 1st was in Rome in 153 B.C. the month of January did not even exist until around 700 B.C., when the second king of Rome, Numa Pontilius added the months of January and February.

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Revelers began celebrating New Year's Eve in Times Square as early as 1904, The first New Year's Eve Ball, made of iron and wood and adorned with one hundred 25-watt light bulbs, was 5 feet in diameter and weighed 700 pounds.

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Each year, millions of eyes from all over the world are focused on the sparkling Waterford Crystal Times Square New Year's Eve Ball. At 11:59 p.m., the Ball begins its descent as millions of voices unite to countdown the final seconds of the year, and celebrate the beginning of a new year full of hopes, challenges, changes and dreams. It is a life time tradition that America do is watch in New York city for the people Eastern Times.

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Japan, Mexico, French

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The Japanese New Year Oshogatsu is an important time for family celebrations, when all the shops, factories and offices are closed. The ringing of the bell 108 times is done to free the year form evil. For those who follow the Shinto religion the house is decorated with evergreen s which are the symbol for eternal life and bamboo which is the symbol for honesty.The 2nd of January is set down for kakizome, "first writing". Each member of the family takes a turn dipping a Burch into freshly mixed ink and inscribing a favorite poem or proverb onto a long strip of paper.

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French New Year or Jour des Étrennes or Day of New Year’s Presents. In France dinner parties are thrown for the entire family. People exchange presents and greeting cards. People began sending fake gifts on April first which originally culminated in the New Year feast of course these gifts were only as a joke on those who previously had received their étrennes or New Year's gifts,

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When the clock strikes midnight they eat 12 grapes one with every toll to bring good luck for the next 12 months of the New Year. Sometimes the grapes are washed down with wine

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Legend has it that if you want to bring good luck in the new year, you need to eat 365 black-eyed peas on New Year's Day—one for every day of the year!

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This one might seem obvious, but collard greens are the color of paper money, so they're thought to symbolize a prosperous year ahead.

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As the the old year is coming to a end the new one is coming. As the people countdown to bring the new anew. the ball drops and everyone screams happy new years.

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Times Square 2024 Ball Drop in New York City: full video

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This is my favorite song and this is my favorite rapper his name is rod wave

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Rod Wave - Boyz Don’t Cry (Acoustic) (Amazon Music Presents)

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I have nothing I want to change about myself this year. I love the way I am now why would I want to change that.