Editing New Year's Day (section)

===New Year's Eve===
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[[File:Cotechino-Servito-Polenta-Lenticchie.jpg|thumb|[[Cotechino]], [[polenta]] and [[lentil]]s, traditionally eaten in Italy on New Year's Eve dinner]]

In the [[Gregorian calendar]], [[New Year's Eve]], also known as Old Year's Day, refers to 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]]. Some [[Christians]] attend a [[watchnight service]] to mark the occasion. The celebrations generally go on past midnight into New Year's Day, [[January 1|1 January]].

The first places to welcome the [[New Year]] are the [[Line Islands]] (part of [[Kiribati]]), [[Samoa]] and [[Tonga]], in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. In contrast, [[American Samoa]], [[Baker Island]] and [[Howland Island]] (part of the [[United States Minor Outlying Islands]]) are among the last.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/29/new-years-eve-2017-around-world/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/29/new-years-eve-2017-around-world/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=New Year's Eve: When is it 2017 around the world??|date=31 December 2016|access-date=19 May 2021|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|author=Emily Allen}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

The first of January represents the fresh start of a new year after a period of remembrance of the passing year, including on radio, television, and in newspapers, which starts in early December in countries around the world. Publications have year-end articles that review the changes during the previous year. In some cases, publications may set their entire year's work alight in the hope that the smoke emitted from the flame brings new life to the company. There are also articles on planned or expected changes in the coming year.

This day is traditionally a [[Religious festival|religious feast]], but since [[1900–1909|the 1900s]] has also become an occasion to celebrate the night of 31&nbsp;December—New Year's Eve—with parties, public celebrations (often involving [[firework]]s shows) and other traditions focused on the impending arrival of [[midnight]] and the new year. [[Watchnight service]]s are also still observed by many.<ref name="BOW">{{Cite web |title=Watch Night services provide a spiritual way to bring in New Year |url=http://www.interpretermagazine.org/interior.asp?ptid=43&mid=11612 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301064835/http://www.interpretermagazine.org/interior.asp?ptid=43&mid=11612 |archive-date=1 March 2012 |access-date=28 December 2011 |publisher=[[The United Methodist Church]] |pages=288–294 |quote=The service is loosely constructed with singing, spontaneous prayers, and testimonials, and readings, including the Covenant Renewal service from The United Methodist Book of Worship}}</ref>