New Year
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The New Year is the time or day at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count increments by one. Many cultures celebrate the event in some manner. In the Gregorian calendar, the most widely used calendar system today, New Year occurs on January 1. This was also the first day of the year in the original Julian calendar and the Roman calendar.
New Year's Eve celebration in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2004)
Baby New Year 1905 chases old 1904 into the history books in this cartoon by John T. McCutcheon.
A Happy New Year sign in northeastern China
New Year's Eve celebration in Helsinki, Finland (2016)
New Year's Day
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In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Day is the first day of the calendar year, 1 January. Most solar calendars begin the year regularly at or near the northern winter solstice, while cultures and religions that observe a lunisolar or lunar calendar celebrate their Lunar New Year at less fixed points relative to the solar year.
Fireworks in Mexico City for New Year 2013
Fireworks in London at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day 2014
Fireworks in Rome at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day 2012
In Christendom, 1 January traditionally marks the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ