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  1. New Years
    New Years for Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew for 'head of the year') is a celebration that occurs 163 days following Pesach (Passover). In the Gregorian calendar at present, Rosh Hashanah cannot occur before September 5th, when it occurred in 1899 and will occur again in 2013. After the year 2089, the differences between the Hebrew Calendar and the Gregorian Calendar will force Rosh Hashanah to be not earlier than September 6th.
  2. New Years -- New Years Eve
    If you are going to Las Vegas for New Years Eve, the chances are very good that you will be looking for a place to bring in the New Year on the Las Vegas strip. If you decide to hit a club or a bar make sure you are in the casino early before you get locked out. The strip is nuts after 8pm so have a plan.
  3. Japanese New Year -- New Years
    The New Year traditions are ... a part of Japanese poetry, including haiku and renga. All of the traditions above would be appropriate to include in haiku as kigo (season words). There also haiku that celebrate many of the "first" of the New Year, such as the "first sun" (hatsuhi) or "first sunrise", "first laughter" (waraizome — starting the New Year with a smile is considered a good sign), and first dream (hatsuyume). Since the traditional New Year was later in the year than the current date, many of these mention the beginning of spring.
  4. Year -- New Years
    Chinese New Year formally commences at the beginning of Spring. Hence, it is known as the Spring Festival. It is a time to cast away the bad blood of the previous year and wish for good fortune in the coming year. Unlike the western calendar, the Chinese have their own lunar calendar which revolves around the moon.
  5. Years -- New Years
    In reality, New Years festivities probably evolved from a desire to celebrate the end of winter and the fertility and rebirth that come with the spring, much like the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia. Today, New Years is about family reunions and wishing everyone good fortune in the coming year.
  6. Year -- New Year's Eve
    New Year's Eve is just a few weeks away. Whatever your budget, there's still time to book a fun-filled, affordable getaway. Cheapflights.com, a leading US travel-search engine, invites you to cheer in the New Year outside of your home city with inspiration from its list of Ten Worldwide City Picks for Ringing in the New Year.
  7. Japanese New Year -- New Year's Eve
    One ancient New Year's custom was to make as much noise as possible to scare evil spirits away from the new year. by the 1700's colonists in America were continuing this tradition with cheers, shouting and using noisemakers on New Year's Eve. These traditions, along with lighting firecrackers, continues to the present day. American celebrations for the New Year begin on the night of December 31. Many people attend parties where at midnight they make noise, cheer, clap, kiss one another and sing an old Scottish song, "Auld Lang Syne."
  8. New Years -- Gregorian Calendar
    The Gujarati New Year is usually celebrated the day after the festival of Diwali (which occurs in mid-fall - either October or November, depending on the Lunar calendar). The Gujarati New Year is synonymous with sud ekam of the Kartik month - the first day of the first month of Gujarati lunar calendar. Most other Hindus celebrate the New Year in early spring, but the Gujarati farming community celebrates the New Year after Diwali to mark the beginning of a new fiscal year.
  9. Japanese New Year -- Money
    Like other Asian New Year traditions, adults give money to children on New Year' Day. It is called "otoshi-dama" or the "new year treasure." Children ... play various games to usher in the New Year. A popular game is "Furuwarai" which is the American version of pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey.
  10. New Years -- Countries
    New Years In the Eastern Orthodox Church is on January 14th. Many in the countries where Eastern Orthodoxy is prelavent celebrate both the Gregorian New Year and Julian New Year holiday with the Gregorian day celebrated as a civic holiday and the Julian date as a religious holiday.
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