In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve, the last day of the year, is on December 31. In many countries, New Year's Eve is celebrated at evening social gatherings, where many people dance, eat, drink alcoholic beverages, and watch or light fireworks to mark the new year. Some people attend a watchnight service. The celebrations generally go on past midnight into January 1 (New Year's Day).
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Famous quotes containing the words year and/or eve:
“I have done it again.
One year in every ten
I manage it—”
—Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)
“When Adam delved and Eve span,
Who was then the gentleman?”
—John Ball (hanged 1381)