New Year's Day  by nciku_edu

New Year’s Day
新年
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New Year’s Day is the 1st of January, but celebrations start the night before. It is popular for people to go out to pubs, clubs or parties on the 31st of December and count down the seconds until Midnight, before setting off fireworks and singing Auld Lang Syne. In New York, a ball drops in Times Square to mark the new year. In Britain, people will pay a visit to their relatives and friends and enjoy wine and desserts with them. They usually leave before the midnight and step into their relative's or friend's house without knocking the door. It is said that the good luck in the near year comes to the first person who entered the house after the midnight. In France, the celebration is all about drinking, usually starting from New Year Eve and not ending until January 3rd. In Germany, people are standing on the chairs and jumping off to the ground just when bells of churches start ringing loudly at the midnight, which indicates ringing out the old year and ringing in the new year.

元旦是每年的1月1日，但庆祝活动从前一天晚上就开始了。人们流行的庆祝方式是在12月31日去酒吧，夜总会或派对，在放烟花和唱友谊地久天长歌之前，倒计时秒至午夜十二时。在纽约，每年的12月31日，水晶球都会在午夜的纽约时代广场落下，以庆祝 新年 的到来。在英国，人们会在元旦前一天的深夜，带上点心和酒出去拜访亲友，不敲门就直接走进亲友家去。按英国的风俗，午夜过后朝屋里迈进第一只脚的人，预示着新一年的运气。法国人以狂欢痛饮来庆祝 新年 ，从元旦前夜起开始，直到1月3日才终止。而德国的习俗是在 新年 来临的前一刻，站在椅子上， 新年 钟声一响，就跳下椅子，并向椅背后抛出一个重物，预示抛走灾祸，跳进 新年 。