New Year

Malaysia doesn’t celebrate the New Year so much as it celebrates New Years — plural. In this multicultural nation of Malays, Chinese, Indians, and indigenous peoples, January 1 is a

Thailand rings in the New Year with a beautiful contradiction: one of Asia’s wildest countdown parties and one of its most serene spiritual traditions, happening on the same night, sometimes

Vietnam celebrates the New Year not once, but twice — and the two celebrations could hardly be more different. On January 1, the country marks Tết Dương lịch, the solar-calendar

At midnight on New Year’s Eve in Ireland, some very old magic gets to work. In farmhouses and city flats alike, loaves of bread are thumped against walls and doors

England does New Year with a particular kind of magic: the Thames exploding in light beneath the London Eye, Big Ben’s great bell tolling twelve as millions hold their breath,

Of all the New Year customs in the British Isles, first-footing is the most intimate — and the most rule-bound. The idea is simple: the first person to cross your

In Scotland, New Year’s Eve is not a sideshow to Christmas — it is the main event. Hogmanay (pronounced hog-mah-NAY, with the stress on the final syllable) is the Scots

When the clock strikes midnight on December 31st in Spain, the entire country holds its breath — and fills its mouth. From the packed Puerta del Sol square in Madrid

Across cultures and centuries, people have started January 1 with a plate full of hope — and the tradition of eating lucky new year’s day foods is one of the

A proper new year reset guide is not about overhauling your entire life in a week — it is about systematically clearing the clutter, physical and mental, that accumulated over

Every culture on Earth marks the turning of the year with its own rituals, and exploring new year’s traditions around the world is one of the best ways to appreciate

Choosing the best places to celebrate new year’s eve in the usa can turn an ordinary December 31 into a trip you talk about for years. Some travelers want the