New Year

New Year's celebrations swept across the globe, ushering in 2023 with countdowns and fireworks — and marking an end to a year that brought war in Europe, a new chapter in the British monarchy and global worries over inflation.

New Year's traditions are unique to their country of origin, drawing upon specific objects, cuisines, and celebrations that are inherent to their culture. The earliest recorded New Year's festivities date back to ancient Babylon, where the first new moon following the vernal equinox marked the start of the new year.

Novinite.com  wishes you a happy and healthy 2019, full of contentment and joy!

People around the world have been celebrating the New Year, welcoming in 2019 with fireworks and displays long before the U.S.

67% of Bulgarians will welcome the New Year at home, another 17% will visit their relatives, 11 out of 100 will celebrate in a restaurant.

This shows data from a national representative survey of Exacta. Compared to last year, the proportion of our compatriots who will celebrate at home is decreasing.

The New Year’s Eve was celebrated across Turkey amid tight security measures, with several roads closed to vehicle traffic and bans on celebrations in popular districts.

Most people celebrate the arrival of the new year gathered with friends and family while drinking some champagne and eat delicious food or watching spectacular firework shows in the central squares of their cities.

Vladimir Putin shirtless calendar

Do you want to give a gift that will keep on giving throughout the year – the Vladimir Putin 2016 calendar has been reeleased ensuring that the Russian president’s fans have joy throughout the year. The different months show Putin in numerous manly poses, such as fishing, exercise and best of all – shirtless!

It is all about a shift of dates. The idea came upon Charles IX, the King of France, to announce the start of the New Year on Jan. 1 in an attempt to unite all New Year's celebrations on a single day.

If you are a party animal and just can't get enough of New Year's Eve celebrations, should prolong your stay in Serbia, which has another New Year's Eve on January 13.

No, Serbs are not addicted to having two "wildest nights of the year" in one month. The second celebration is a consequence of the fact that the Serbian Orthodox Church still sticks to the old, Julian calendar.

The ceremonial of the symbolic renewal of the calendar year over December 31 - January 1 means the burial of the old year and the birth of the new one, and it is called the old year before and the new year, after the midnight.

The Year divinity is born, grows, ages and dies along the calendar year and revives after 365 days, and 366 in leap years.

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