After the holidays, or as some people call the trinity of holidays kicking off with Halloween and ending with Christmas, there is still one holiday left for the year that most people celebrate quite joyously. Though it technically is not a holiday, it is the eve of a brand new year and people like to [...]

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Forget fancy gowns and champagne toasts this year. Sometimes hosting a New Years Eve party for kids can be a welcome respite from overpaying for drinks, running around town on one of the busiest nights of the year and worrying about nursing a New Year’s Day hangover. Besides, you only have so many years to [...]

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Are you tired of the same-old, same-old when it comes to New Year’s Eve parties? If you’re looking for celebrity style parties, then you may have to travel to New York City, South Beach/Miami or San Francisco. You can expect tickets to cost anywhere from 0 to 0 (which includes drinks and possibly dinner) and [...]

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Around the world, there are many New Year’s Eve food items that are believed to bring good luck in the new year. In Italy, risotto rice, store-bought pasta, nuts, dates, honey, figs, dates, round cakes, gnocchi, dried salt cod and chiacchiere are foods that symbolize good fortune. The Japanese eat noodles, fish and beans, while [...]

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United States residents live in a melting pot of cultures, which have all contributed to the many different New Year traditions in our land. Often times, New Year’s Eve food is chosen symbolically for luck, good health and good fortune. Pork is the universal symbol of good luck, savings, prosperity and fortune. Since pigs naturally [...]

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Finding the right New Years Eve event can be difficult, with so many options out there, and it takes a bit of soul-searching to know what factors matter most. Hardy partiers want the most people, the most booze and the most epic celebration, so only Times Square will do. Older couples want the most reasonable [...]

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New Year’s Day means different things to everyone. For youthful partiers, wild town carousers and binge drinkers, January 1st is a day of rest, detox and struggling to overcome a brutal hangover. The first day of the new year will be spent drinking lots of fluid, lying in bed and perhaps meandering to the couch [...]

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The National Household Survey found that long distance travel increases by a quarter over the Christmas/New Year’s holiday. A 2004 survey conducted by travel site www.priceline.com discovered that the top New Year’s Eve and New Years Day destinations for Americans and Europeans included New York City, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Chicago, Orlando and Miami. Americans [...]

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Our earliest immigrants from Europe brought the traditional New Year celebration with them, which held that family and friends must gather together to welcome prosperity for the coming year. It was a common practice for households to list the hours their homes would be “open” — serving food and drink to visitors — during the [...]

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Miami New Years Eve is definitely one of the top places in the country to see and be seen. Last year, Fontainebleau’s LIV nightclub was the event of choice for musical artist P Diddy, actor Nick Lachey, supermodel Molly Sims, VH1 VJ Alison Becker, reality TV star Frankie Delgado, designer Christian Audigier and rock star [...]

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