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New Year    

The New Year is an event that happens when a culture celebrates the end of one year and the beginning of the next.

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magazine article: It is the 31st of December. There is less than an hour to go before midnight. Read article

magazine article: A look at five great places in the world to count down to midnight and see in the New Year. Read article

word game: Party Idioms Puzzle. This jigsaw puzzle practises idioms that contain the word 'party'. Play game

poem: Ring Out, Wild Bells. One of Tennyson's most famous poems - partly due to its association with New Year's Eve Read poem

cartoon: "Your husband certainly seems to be enjoying himself!" "Yes, I call him 'The Exorcist' "Really? Why's that?" See cartoon

trivia: Wordplay: A New Year’s resolution is an anagram of Is easy now … rue later on! New Year trivia

poll: Do you celebrate your New Year on January 1st? See poll results

links: Hogmanay: New Year in Scotland is different See more links

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