New Year

New Year is an extended winter vacation, when everyone still experiences the Christmas hangover. This is the time to say bye-bye, sayonara to the old year and welcome the coming year with open arms. New Year is not just a mere celebration but a grand occasion. The opulence of this occasion can only be experienced when one watches these celebrations around the world.

This day is celebrated on the first day of the year. As per the modern Gregorian calendar, the New Year is celebrated on January 1. New Year celebrations are celebrated with sparkling fireworks at the stroke of midnight announcing its arrival.

Everyone tries to make most of their New Year holidays. After a year-long, non-stop work and weariness from the robotic city life, these holidays come as a breath of fresh air. Families fly out to the most exotic destinations like beaches, picturesque countryside, and idyllic locations. Travelers can plan out New Year cruises on the luxurious yachts at a pretty decent amount. There are romantic cruises for the love couples and family cruises.

New Year parties are organized almost everywhere. These parties are a venue of good get together where friends, family, and relatives and associates come together under the same roof to have good times. Even restaurants and hotels make extensive arrangements for a New Year party to delight their visitors. During this festive time, when the streets are corralled with enthusiastic crowd; the pre- booking of the New Year table is a good idea.

To make most of the day, the crowds of hundreds of thousands of people come on the streets. On this day, bars, discos and pubs are especially jam packed. There are many who prefer staying at home and have a low-key celebration. They cook food at home and dine with their family.

New Year is celebrated around the world with pomp and pageantry. In Australia, families plan out get-together, dinners and outdoor activities like picnics, camping, barbecue party and water sports. Major crowd and its star cities are Sydney and Melbourne. Sydney Harbour Bridge is lit by more than 80,000 which can be seen from the radius of 16 km. People camping, enjoying beach party and cruises, bonfires are all lined up for the entertainment.

New Year Celebration in France is known as “la Saint-Sylvestre. French people prefer to celebrate the New Year with their near and dear. Families prepare special dinner to wine and dine with their family.

Welcoming the coming year in Canada is all about enjoying winter festivity, cruises, hitting the clubs and wining and dining. Locals and visitors go to the cities like Vancouver, Ontario, Niagara Falls, Toronto and Qubec which organizes free mid-night live concerts, fireworks, parades and dance and musical performances.

In the USA, echo of the coming year is heard from the Hollywood Studios to California and Washington to Vancouver. Celebration in USA means non-stop entertainment- joyrides, nightclubs, hotels, cruises, performances, big shopping malls, dance shows, theatrical performances and a lot more. You have New York’s Times Square, Las Vegas casinos, Disneyland, and glamorous Los Angeles.