English New Year 2024

English New Year 2024

Understanding the concept of English New Year

For ages, people have been celebrating English New Year on the day of the first of January every year. This day was first celebrated as a New Year's Day in Babylon nearly 4000 years ago. The English New Year is also dedicated to reforming oneself in the upcoming year ahead by learning from the mistakes that one has committed in the past year. People make resolutions and promise to become a better version of themselves in the upcoming year. Let us know more about this occasion in detail. 

What is this day observed with so much pomp and show?

People across the world observe the English New Year's festivities irrespective of social, cultural, and religious differences. It would be right to consider this to be a universal festival all across the world. People undertake new resolutions and spend this occasion doing all the righteous activities. It is believed that what one does on the first day, continues to do the rest of the year. Most people visit religious places on the first day of the year to seek the blessings of the Almighty. Everybody greets and celebrates this eve with a huge level of excitement. Friends and families meet and exchange gifts and best wishes for the upcoming year. The day revolves around hope and optimism for the upcoming year so that the new year is filled with health, wealth, and prosperity for all. 

How are the celebrations different for different people?

Every religion and culture has its way of observing the New Year festivities. While the Christians visit the church, offer wine, and sing carols, the Jews and Romans make New Year's resolutions and promise to abide by them through thick and thin. Hindus on the other hand offer their reverence to their Gods and pray for their and their families' well-being in the upcoming year. The Americans on the other hand cook black-eyed peas for good luck and amazing dishes such as dumplings, noodles, and rice cakes are cooked throughout the Asian continent to celebrate the new year. This English Year is celebrated in different ways throughout the country. However, the basic emotion of hope connects all the traditions and spiritual activities. 

• People celebrate this day by hosting parties. However, a lot of them also prefer to sit back in their homes and welcome the new year with their entire family. 
• All the people gather and wish each other the best for the upcoming years. It is a great day to start things afresh by apologizing for all the mistakes that one has committed. 
• It is always a good idea to make handmade cards and give them to close family and friends to celebrate their bond with each other. 

• New Year's Eve is also celebrated as a festival across the country and most of the schools, colleges, and offices are shut during this phase.