New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve is the holiday before New Year's Day, on 31 December, the last day of the current year.

New Year's Eve
New Year celebration in Eberhardzell, Germany, 2018
Also called	Hogmanay (Scotland) Calennig (Wales) Shchedryi Vechir (Ukraine) Ambang/Malam Tahun Baharu/Baru (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore) Yangi Yil, Yılbaşı arifesi, Yeni İl ərəfəsi (Uzbekistan, Turkey and Azerbaijan) Karamu (African diaspora) Silvester (Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland) Réveillon (Algeria, Angola, Brazil, France, Macau, Morocco, Mozambique, Portugal, Romania, Tunisia, Wallonia, and French-speaking locations in North America) Kanun Novogo Goda (Russia) Ōmisoka (Japan) Pele ga Ngwaga o Mosha (Botswana) Nochevieja (lit. Old Night) (Spain and other countries where Spanish is mostly spoken)
Observed by	Users of the Gregorian calendar
Type	International
Significance	The last day of the year in the Gregorian calendar
Date	31 December
Celebrations	Reflection; late-night partying; family gatherings; feasting; gift exchanges; fireworks; countdowns; watchnight services; social gatherings, during which participants may dance, eat, consume alcoholic beverages, and watch or light fireworks
Related to	New Year's Day

Today, Western countries usually celebrate this day with a party which ends with a group countdown to midnight. Party hats, noisemakers, fire crackers and drinking champagne are fairly common during this holiday.

Many towns also have firework shows or other noisy ways to start the new year. Places like Berlin, Chicago, Edinburgh, Los Angeles, London, New York, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Sydney, Toronto, and Tokyo are well known for their New Year's Eve celebrations.

New Year's Eve is also a work holiday in some countries, such as Australia, Argentina, Brazil, France, Mexico, the Philippines, and Venezuela.

Related pages

• Chinese New Year
• Omisoka (Japan)

Other websites

• Media related to New Year's Eve at Wikimedia Commons
• News related to World celebrates new year for gregorian calendar at Wikinews