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New Year Quotes - Quotations

"A new year is unfolding – like a blossom with petals curled tightly concealing the beauty within."

"He who breaks a resolution is a weakling;
He who makes one is a fool."

"Of all sound of all bells... most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the Old Year. "

"Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account."

"Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go."

"Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty."

"For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning

"Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true."

"The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul. "

"New Years Day is every mans birthday."

"A new year is unfolding – like a blossom with petals curled tightly concealing the beauty within."

"He who breaks a resolution is a weakling;
He who makes one is a fool.

Of all sound of all bells... most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the Old Year.


"Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account."

"Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go."

"Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty."

"For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning."

"Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true."
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About New Year

All over the world January 1st is celebrated as the New Year’s Day but it was not the same even few hundred years back. Around 153 BC as per the Gregorian calendar, the Romans initiated the concept of New Year as January1st. 

According to many scholars, around 4000 years ago in ancient Babylon, people first started celebrating the New Year’s Day on January 1st marked by the first new moon after the Vernal Equinox. It was accepted by mostly Christian countries during the early Medieval Era. 

 
History
New Year’s Eve
Traditions
Resolutions
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New Year - Resolutions

The commitment people make during the New Year for a better living and lifestyle is popularly known as the New Year resolution. It has also been seen people take up the same resolution every year as they fail to achieve what they have promised during the beginning of the year. Some of the popular resolutions are:
 
  • Getting into shape
  • Quitting the habit of smoking or drinking
  • Learning something new
  • Spending less
  • Finding a mate
  • Taking part in social services
  • Taking up a hobby
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New Year - New Year's Eve

December 31st, the night before the New Year’s Day is known as the New Year’s Eve or The Old Year’s Night. It is celebrated with lots of pomp and magnificence all over the world. Mostly, people celebrate the night to mark the transition between Old and New Year with parties, social gatherings, gaiety and fireworks. Many places hold a special fireworks display at the night sky like Paris, Sydney, Brazil, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States etc.
 
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New Year - Traditions

New Year symbolizes the mark of new life and a beginning. Hence it is celebrated with different traditions and merriment. Given are some traditions which are followed worldwide.
  • The Midnight Blare:
    People make cacophony at midnight to drive away the evil spirits from their households since the ancient times. Even now at the stroke of midnight beatings of drums, car horns, church bells, boat whistles, party horns and exploding fireworks can be heard.

  • Parades:
    Parades form another important part of New Year tradition. One of the popular attractions is the Tournament Roses Parade in Pasadena, California started in 1886 by the Valley Hunt Club.
  • Around 600 BC the Greeks used to take part in parades with a baby in a basket. This used to signify the New Year. Later, the Christians also used the same representation to mark the birth of baby Jesus. Even the early Egyptians used to follow the same practice.
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New Year - History

All over the world January 1st is celebrated as the New Year’s Day but it was not the same even few hundred years back. Around 153 BC as per the Gregorian calendar, the Romans initiated the concept of New Year as January1st.

According to many scholars, around 4000 years ago in ancient Babylon, people first started celebrating the New Year’s Day on January 1st marked by the first new moon after the Vernal Equinox. It was accepted by mostly Christian countries during the early Medieval Era.

With time other countries started adopting the same. For example the Germans adopted the concept in 1700, Great Britain in 1752, and Sweden in 1753. The Oriental countries gradually adopted the same along with their own calendars. In 1873 Japan accepted it and in 1912 China welcomed the new calendar.
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