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, such as the Gregorian and Julian calendars, begin the year regularly at or near the no
Fireworks in Mexico City for the Celebration of the New Year in 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
Christmas and holiday season
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The Christmas season or the festive season, also known as the holiday season or the holidays, is an annual period generally spanning from November or December to early January incorporating Christmas
New Year's Day
…associated with New Year's Day comes in both classical and popular genres, and there is also Christmas song focus on the arrival of a new year during the Christmas and holiday season. Paul Gerhardt wrote the text for a hymn for the turn of the year, "Nun lasst uns gehn und treten", first published in 1653…
Christmas tree in Japan. Christmas is celebrated by an increasing number of non-Christians around the world.
Midwinter sunset at Stonehenge
Saturnalia (1783) by Antoine-François Callet, showing his interpretation of what the Roman Saturnalia might have looked like
Adoration of the Shepherds by Dutch painter Matthias Stomer, 1632