New Year's Eve

December 31
and

New Year's Day

January 1
UK Public Holiday
= Banks and many shops close in the UK

This holiday celebrates the end of the old year and the start of the new year. People often celebrate with family and friends and stay awake on New Year's Eve (the night of December 31) until after midnight.

This holiday is celebrated in both the UK (especially Scotland!) and the USA.

Learn about New Year's Eve and New Years's Day:

• New Year Traditions around the world
• New Year Traditions around the world
  Father Time's Net provides information about New Year traditions in countries around the world, from Armenia to Wales
• New Year's Celebrations Around the World
  Explanations of how New Year's is celebrated around the world with links

Things to do:

• WordSearch Puzzle: New Year! at billybear4kids.com (Requires: Java-enabled Web browser)
• New Year's Eve Phrasal Verbs Vocabulary Quiz (Intermediate) at the Internet TESL Journal
• English Language Study Quiz - New Year's Traditions in America #1 from manythings.org (Requires Flash Player plug-in Version 4 or Newer)
• English Language Study Quiz - New Year's Traditions in America #2 from manythings.org (Requires Flash Player plug-in Version 4 or Newer)
• English Language Study Quiz - New Year's Traditions in America #3 from manythings.org (Requires Flash Player plug-in Version 4 or Newer)