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Host a shimmery end-of-year party with New Year's Eve decorations to match! These New Year's party ideas include table décor, balloons, and more!
An ice sculpture at First Night Boston. First Night is a North American artistic and cultural celebration on New Year's Eve, taking place from afternoon until midnight.Some cities have all their events during the celebration outside, but some cities have events that are hosted indoors by organizations in the city, especially clustered in the local historic downtown which are easily walkable to ...
Kadomatsu (門松, "gate pine") are traditional Japanese decorations made for the New Year. They are a type of yorishiro, or objects intended to welcome ancestral spirits or kami of the harvest. Kadomatsu are usually placed in pairs in front of homes and buildings.
New Year's Day. In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve, also known as Old Year's Day, is the evening or the entire day of the last day of the year, 31 December. In many countries, New Year's Eve is celebrated with dancing, eating, drinking, and watching or lighting fireworks.
Planting a Cây nêu (Vietnamese New Year tree) is a Vietnamese custom that is part of the springtime Tết Nguyên Đán. Often a bamboo pole serves as the "tree". Hoa đào (in Northern) or Hoa mai (in Southern) and Quất trees are also decorated and displayed in Vietnamese homes during Tết . Chinese New Year tree.
Confetti are small pieces or streamers of paper, mylar, or metallic material which are usually thrown at celebrations, especially parades and weddings. [1] The origins are from the Latin confectum, with confetti the plural of Italian confetto, small sweet. [2] Modern paper confetti trace back to symbolic rituals of tossing grains and sweets ...
Robert Isabell. Bruce Robert Isabell (June 2, 1952 – July 8, 2009) was an American event planner who was behind lavish and innovative events including weddings and funerals of the richest and most famous. He helped make Christmas at the White House during the Presidency of Bill Clinton and helped create innovative events that made Studio 54 ...
The Lunar New Year is an event celebrated by billions of people across the world on the first new moon of their calendar. Although often referred to as "Lunar New Year" in English, this is a misnomer, as it refers to both celebrations based on a lunar calendar as well as a lunisolar calendar. The Islamic New Year (also called the Hijri New Year ...
The largest Chinese New Year parade outside Asia, in Chinatown, Manhattan Traditional paper cutting with the character 春 ('spring')) Chinese New Year decorations along New Bridge Road in Singapore Chinese New Year eve in Meizhou on 8 February 2005
For those regions which follow the solar calendar, the new year falls as Baisakhi in Punjab, Bohag Bihu in Assam, Puthandu in Tamil Nadu, Vishu in Kerala, Pana Sankranti or Odia Nababarsa in Odisha and Poila Boishakh in Bengal in the month of the calendar, i.e., Vaishakha. Generally, this day falls during 14th or 15th of the month of April.