NEW YEAR IS DAY

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New Year's Day in America is a time for a new beginning, hope for a better tomorrow, and a purpose to improve personal behavior. The New Year's celebrations, which take place on January 1, usually begin on the night of December 31 with parties, concerts, fireworks, and special events of all kinds. Many towns and cities in the United States celebrate this day with parades and football games. The New Year as such is often symbolized by a baby in diapers, a party hat, and a sash printed with the number of the year. On the contrary, the “old year” that ends is represented with illustrations of “Father Time”, an old man with a white beard in a tunic who wears an hourglass and a scythe.

In the United States today, the first of January continues to be a time to reflect on the year that has just ended. Newspapers and television shows review the major events of the previous year and pay tribute to famous people who passed away during the year. On New Year's Day, rituals and superstitions that immigrants brought to the United States abound.

Drop the ball in Times Square: An estimated one million people venture to “Times Square” in New York City to see the New Year's Eve ball begin its descent one minute before midnight and count down the last few seconds before the new year begins. . More than 1 billion people around the world watch in a collective welcome to the new year as the illuminated Waterford crystal ball descends a 21-meter pole. The ball weighs 5,400 kilograms and has a diameter of 3.7 meters.

midnight kiss: The tradition is to kiss the first person you see at midnight and it is rooted in German and English folklore. According to tradition, a favorable first encounter will set the tone for the rest of the year.

Fireworks: Local fireworks displays, like the one shown above in San Francisco, are another favorite New Year's Eve tradition. Other famous places for their fireworks are Dallas, Las Vegas and Walt Disney World in Orlando (Florida).

The countdown is usually carried out in Times Square, where a crystal ball descends. The rose parade and the Rose Bowl in California also take place, we can observe the countdown of the year 2019: