Official Public Holiday
New Years Day
The hangover is real. The resolutions are made. The parade is on. You rest.
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Official Public Holiday
New Year's Day
United States federal public holiday.
World Calendar Day
Ano Nuevo
The calendar flips and every Argentine household is eating vitel tone, the cold sliced beef with tuna sauce that somehow became the definitive New Year dish. Toasts happen with cider, not champagne, and the pan dulce from the panaderia sits half-eaten on the counter until someone finishes it off at merienda the next day.
World Calendar Day
New Year's Day
The whole country moves slow after last night's festivities. Sydney Harbour fireworks are still playing on every TV, and someone's dad is already firing up the barbie for a leftovers lunch. Recovery happens poolside or beachside, thongs on, cold tinny in hand.
World Calendar Day
Nova Godina
National holiday. The dzezva comes out before noon because Bosnians do not nurse hangovers with water. By afternoon someone has already proposed kafa at a kafana and you will not see your couch again until evening. Every New Year starts the same way: with good intentions about being productive and a coffee that turns into four hours.
World Calendar Day
Sana Jadida
Jordan observes the Gregorian new year, and Amman celebrates with fireworks over the Citadel and family gatherings. The new year is a secular holiday in a country that observes both Islamic and Christian calendars, and the celebration is inclusive: Muslims, Christians, and Druze all celebrate, and the only thing that is not inclusive is the traffic.
Regional/Cultural Day
The Bowl Games That Start Today Day
The TV is on. The snacks are ready. The teams play. You watch.
Regional/Cultural Day
The Leftover Champagne You Finish Day
The bottle was opened. The guests have left. The bubbles are flat. You drink.
Regional/Cultural Day
The Resolution You Will Keep Day
It is simple. It is real. It is yours. You start today.
Regional/Cultural Day
Animals of Cyprus Day
You see the Cypriot mouflon sheep on the Troodos mountains, the endemic Cyprus mouse and various Mediterranean reptiles like the Cypriot grass snake. You notice that Cypriot families predominantly keep dogs, cats, and rabbits as household companions. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
Regional/Cultural Day
Black-Eyed Pea Day
Across the South, from Virginia to Texas, families eat black-eyed peas and collard greens on New Year's Day for luck and money. The tradition dates to the Civil War, when Union troops destroyed Confederate food supplies but left the black-eyed peas because they considered them animal feed. The peas became a symbol of survival. If you skip the peas, your year is already worse. Some families add a dime to the pot. Whoever gets the dime gets extra luck, and also a chipped tooth.
Regional/Cultural Day
Philadelphia Mummers Tradition
On New Year's Day in Philadelphia, tens of thousands of Mummers in sequins, feathers, and makeup parade down Broad Street. The parade has four divisions: Comics, Fancies, String Bands, and Fancy Brigades. The String Bands play instruments while performing choreographed routines. The AHA! moment: the Mummers Parade has been running since 1901, which makes it the oldest folk parade in America. The costumes cost tens of thousands of dollars. The men wear sequined suits and parasols. They have been doing this for 125 years, and they will not stop.
Regional/Cultural Day
Polar Bear Plunge Day
Thousands of Americans choose to start the year by running into freezing water. The Coney Island Polar Bear Club has done this since 1903. In Wisconsin, they cut a hole in the ice of Lake Michigan and jump in. In Seattle, they plunge into Puget Sound. The water is 40 degrees. Nobody can explain why. The best theory is that if you survive this, the rest of the year is easy.