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Article: Ringing in around the world - From eggs to pilaf to gifts, new year's traditions take many forms.(Arts and Lifestyle)
The Boston Herald;  December 30, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Celebrating the new year in the United States is pretty typical - you drink champagne...seem unusual in other lands. How do other countries welcome the new year? The new year is a time of renewal and most cultures celebrate in some way...

Article: Road Trip: New Year's Maine
Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.;  December 28, 2008 ;     610 words ...New Year's Day is the oldest holiday in the world...celebrated in Babylon about 4,000 years ago. The new year celebration once lasted 11 days. It was...modern day calendar. During the Middle Ages, new year's celebrations were forbidden as they were...

Article: A SPIRITUAL NEW YEAR THOUGH SEEN AS MOSTLY SECULAR, WELCOMING RITUALS ARE STEEPED IN RELIGIOUS TRADITION
Evansville Courier & Press;  December 28, 2002 ;     675 words ...W ant to usher in the New Year in a new way? Try giving up the sparkling...island of Bali, where the beginning of a new year is a religious ritual, not a reason...Japan. Instead of counting down to the New Year watching Dick Clark's annual "Rockin...

Article: Oshogatsu: the Japanese New Year.(Americans and Japanese, the New Year's holiday)
Faces: People, Places, and Cultures;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Happy New Year! shout the thousands of people crowded into New York City...as the ball falls at midnight, officially beginning a new year. People all across America welcome the new year at parties with friends and family. Restaurants offer...

Article: Celebrate this new year with happiness and health.(Neighbor)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  January 2, 2000 ;     458 words ......hope you all enjoyed a safe and happy New Year's celebration and were not effected by...Bug - or any other bug, for that matter. New Year's is the time of year most noted for celebrations, superstitions and for resolutions. New Year's celebrations are celebrated in many...

Article: Why we get fired up for the new year; As Scotland gears up for its biggest annual bash, we look at the roots of Hogmanay - and the many traditions associated with it.(Features)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  December 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ...WHILE New Year's Eve is celebrated around the world, Scotland...to the rebirth of life in every formas the new year was celebrated and people looked towards the spring. Although celebrating the new year goes back for centuries, doing so on January...

Article: Guilt, religion and New Year's resolutions
Redlands Daily Facts;  January 6, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Ah, hardly is the New Year upon us when it's already past time to make my New Year's resolutions! Of course, I did not keep very many...next time around. What do you plan to do for the New Year, and would any of the professor's set of resolutions...

Article: So What Are You Doing For Your New Year's Eve?; Traditions Include Jumping Out of a Plane
The Washington Post;  December 31, 1995 ;     700+ words ...New Year's equals drunken parties, Dick Clark and...area residents have developed to mark the new year. Perhaps more than any other major holiday...Christmas or watching fireworks on July 4. "At New Year's, there's nothing to commemorate. That...

Article: Hurrah for the New Year!
New Straits Times;  December 31, 2002 ;     340 words ......Straits Times 12-31-2002 Hurrah for the New Year! Edition: 2* Section: Prof's Page PEOPLE around the world celebrate the new year differently. Most people in the United...with family and friends. The Chinese New Year is often celebrated for several days...

Article: New Year's Eve: The party's over.(SHOW)(ON THE EDGE)
The Washington Times;  December 30, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Blanchard, THE WASHINGTON TIMES I gave up New Year's Eve cold turkey in 2000 and haven't...of regret since. What's to miss? To me, New Year's Eve is the worst blind date, nightmare...rolled into one. A hangover looms over New Year's Eve even before you've had your first...

Article: New Year services.
La Crosse Tribune (La Crosse, WI);  January 4, 2007 ;     356 words ...Jan. 4--Special services New Year's Eve and New Year's Day: Bangor St. Mary's Catholic Church: 6 p.m. New Year's Eve Coon Valley St. Mary's Catholic Church: 8 a.m. New Year's Day Genoa St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church: 4 p.m. New Year's Eve...

Article: Channel-Surf-in the New Year: With Merv, Howard and Janet
Chicago Sun-Times;  December 31, 1993 ;     549 words ...New Year's Eve is a special night wherever you are...to to stay up until midnight - celebrate the New Year on Eastern Standard Time (all times below are Chicago time). Merv Griffin's New Year's Eve 8 p.m. WPWR-Channel 50. From Atlantic...

Article: New Year's Eve, My Way
Doings, The (Clarendon Hills, IL);  January 8, 2009 ;     451 words ...Celebrating the New Year is a time of reflection, thinking and...family and me. Also, we think about those New Year's resolutions and goals that we made...family and I plan on welcoming in the New Year by doing some reflection on how we felt...

Article: Ring in New Year with music, hikes or an ice-cold swim
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  December 22, 2007 ;     460 words ...Celebrate New Year's Eve Family Fest: New Year's Eve, 5 to 8 p.m., Quincy Center. Quincy's annual year-end...Quincy Parks Department at 617-376-1251. First Night Boston: New Year's Eve, 1 p.m. to midnight, downtown Boston. Daylong festival...