anticipation, artistry, atmosphere, attire, Auld Lang Syne, authentic, awe, awesome
backward, balloons, balls, bands, banquet, barricades, beads, beginnings, behavior, bells, boisterous, bold
cacophony, calendar, catering, celebrate, champagne, cheers, clamor, clock, confetti, convivial, creative, creativity, crowds, culmination, culture, customs
dances, decorations, demonstrations, desire, dinner, dramatic, drinking
ecstatic, elegance, end, enjoyment, enthusiasm, eve, exceptional, expectant, extravagance, extravaganza
faithful, family, famous, fancy dress, feast, fervid, festive, festivities, fireworks, floats, folly, food, football games, friends, friendship
games, gatherings, genuine, global, glow, goofy, gourmet, grand, Gregorian calendar
hangover, happy, hats, hooray, horns, host, hostess
imaginative, individuality, industrious, ingenuous, innovative, inspirational, intense, international
January, Janus, jazz, jocular, joy, joyful, jubilant
kinship, kisses
laughter, liquor, litter, loitering, loud, luminescence, Lunar New Year
magic, mass, merrymaking, midnight, mob, momentum, music
necklace, noise, noisemakers, nonsense
observance, observation, opportunity, outrageous, ovation, oysters
parade, parties, party, party favors, percussion, phenomenon, popular, pretentious, priorities
quality, quantity, quest, questions
recognition, reflection, resolutions, resourcefulness, responsive, reveler, ridiculous, riot, ritual, Rose Bowl parade, roses, Rosh Hashanah
sequins, shakers, sharing, shrimp, sirens, souvenirs, special, spirit, stilt walkers, streamers, streetcar, success, successful, sumptuous, surprises
tantalize, teamwork, tenacious, Times Square, tolerant, tourists, traditional, traditions, trinkets, Twelfth Night
ultimate, unanimous, unfolding, unique, united, unity, uptown
validation, vigilant, vigorous, visible, vow
watching, waving, welcoming, willingness, winning, wisdom, wishes, world, worthy
xylophone
yearly, yearning, yelling
zest
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New Year’s Eve and Day is an international celebration. People welcome the new year in different ways, often with different customs.
Discuss the advent of the calendar and how many countries accept the beginning of a new year.
In AUSTRIA New Year’s eve is known as Sylverterabend
In CHINA the New Year is referred to as the Lunar New Year
In FRANCE New Year’s is known as Jour des Etrennes
In GREAT BRITAIN, the British use a term, “First Footing.”
In ISRAEL Jews mark the New Year with the celebration of Rosh Hashanah
