On New Years Eve, we wish all of our friends, loved ones, co-workers, and strangers a "Happy New Year" almost absentmindedly. Not that we do not wish them a happy New Year, it is just something that most people say automatically and do not mean personally.
New Years Eve is the last day of the old year, which really happened quite by accident. January 1 was really an arbitrary date picked to be the start of the New Years so that the calendar would synchronize with the sun. It was also believed a very long time ago, that he first person to show up on the doorstep on New Years Day either would bring good or bad luck the rest of the year. It was thought to be particularly lucky if the visitor happened to be a tall dark haired man.
If that is the case then I want extra tall dark-haired men on my doorstep this year then! Of course, many of the old pagan rituals have long been forgotten, but the New Years Eve and New Years celebrations continue to be a part of the traditional holiday season. New Years Eve celebrations are held all over the world as they have been for centuries.
This is the fun about New Years Eve. You do not explain why you are kissing someone you do not know, because you are just wishing them a Happy New Year! All can be attributed to excessive alcohol intake and just too much fun having! Isn't that what New Years Eve parties are really all about? Check online for all the latest about New Years Eve parties around the world and close by; you do not want to miss a thing for New Years day!
Most of us are familiar with the New Years Eve celebration in Times Square each year, where they drop the huge lighted ball at the stroke of midnight on the east coast. This is just one of many of the huge parties that are going on during New Years. Most people associate New Year Eve with drinking heavily, wearing crazy party hats, blowing party horns, and giving everyone drunken kisses at midnight.
