Chapter 13

AMERICAN NATIONAL HOLIDAYS AND TRADITIONS

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New Year (31 December – 1 January) (2634)

The beginning of the New Year has been welcomed on different dates throughout history. Ways of celebrating differ, as well, according to customs and religions of the world. People celebrate the New Year on different dates and different ways. Some ways are strange and unusual. Whatever the custom, most of people feel the same sentiment. With a new year we can expect a new life. We wish each other good luck, promise ourselves to do better in the following year and wish the Happy New Year to everyone.

New Year's Eve

In the US the legal holiday is January 1^st, but Americans begin celebrating it on December 31. Sometimes people have masquerade balls, where guests dress up in costumes and cover their faces with masks. According to an old tradition, guests unmask at midnight. At New Year's Eve there are parties across the US on December 31, many guests watch television as a part of the festivities. Thousands of Americans gather in Times Square in the heart of New York City. This is probably the noisiest and the most crowded New Year's Eve celebrations in the world! At midnight when bell is ring, people hug and kiss, and shout "HAPPY HEW YEAR!" Everyone drinks a toast to the New Year and sings "Auld Lang Syne".

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