Editing New Year's Day (section)

===New Year's Day===
[[File:Pisa, Piazza dei Cavalieri, Capodanno Pisano 2019.jpg|thumb|right|[[Pisa]]n New Year's Day celebrations, Italy]]
[[File:Wien - Musikverein, großer Saal.JPG|thumb|right|The Golden Hall of the [[Wiener Musikverein]], traditional site of the [[Vienna New Year's Concert]].]]
[[File:2023 Rose Parade Wizard of Oz.jpg|thumb|right|A ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''-themed float at the 2023 [[Rose Parade]] in [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]], California.]]
[[File:Nieuwjaarsduik.jpg|thumb|right|A scene of the "[[polar bear plunge]]", or ''Nieuwjaarsduik'', at [[Scheveningen]], Netherlands.]]

The celebrations and activities held worldwide on 1 January as part of New Year's Day commonly include the following:
* [[Pisa]]n New Year's Day celebrations was a particular type of calendar in use in [[Pisa]], Italy, and other areas of present-day [[Tuscany]] until the mid-18th century, which started the year on 25 March (the feast of the [[Annunciation]] of the [[Virgin Mary]] according to the liturgical calendar), anticipating its beginning by nine months and seven days compared to the "modern style" or "Circumcision style", still in use today, which indicates 1 January as the first day of the year;
*Several major [[parade]]s are held on New Year's Day, including the [[London's New Year's Day Parade]], [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]]'s [[Tournament of Roses Parade]] (also known as the "Rose Parade"), and [[Philadelphia]]'s [[Mummers Parade]]. In the Bahamas, it is also associated with [[Junkanoo]]s.
*Beginning in the 2010s, it is also the day that [[First Day Hikes]] takes place in the [[State park#United States of America|fifty state park systems of the United States]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of America's State Parks First Day Hikes |url=https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=29786 |access-date=4 January 2018 |publisher=California Department of Parks and Recreation |archive-date=18 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218232458/https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=29786 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*The [[Vienna Philharmonic]] orchestra traditionally performs a [[Vienna New Year's Concert|New Year's concert]] on the morning of New Year's Day.
*A "[[polar bear plunge]]" is a common tradition in some countries, where participants gather on beaches and run into the cold water. [[Polar Bear Clubs]] in many [[Northern Hemisphere]] cities have a tradition of holding organized plunges on New Year's Day, and they are often held to raise money for [[Charitable organisation|charity]].
*In [[Ireland]], New Year's Day was called ''Lá na gCeapairí'', or the day of the buttered bread. A possible meaning to the consumption of buttered bread was to ward off hunger and famine in the coming year, by placing the buttered bread on the doorstep in the morning. Some traditions saw parties of young people calling from house to house to receive buttered bread and occasionally [[Poitín]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mahon |first=Bríd |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39935389 |title=Land of milk and honey : the story of traditional Irish food and drink |date=1998 |publisher=Mercier Press |isbn=978-1-85635-210-9 |location=Dublin |pages=148 |oclc=39935389 |access-date=22 December 2020 |archive-date=30 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030030219/https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39935389 |url-status=live }}</ref> or to give out buttered bread in exchange for pennies. This tradition has since died out, having been popular in the 19th century, and waning in the 1930s and 1940s.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tanis |first=David |date=28 December 2015 |title=A New Day of the Buttered Bread Has Dawned (Published 2015) |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/30/dining/soda-bread-barmbrack-new-years-day-recipes.html |access-date=22 December 2020 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=8 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108155624/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/30/dining/soda-bread-barmbrack-new-years-day-recipes.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*In [[Japan]], [[Korea]] and areas inhabited by the [[Inuit]], [[Yupik peoples|Yupik]], [[Aleut]], [[Chukchi people|Chukchi]] and the [[Iñupiat]], watching the [[first sunrise]] is a tradition.
*In the United Kingdom and United States, New Year's Day is associated with several prominent sporting events:
**In the United States, 1 January is the traditional date for several major post-season [[college football]] [[bowl games]], including the [[Citrus Bowl]] in [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], the [[Outback Bowl]] in [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]], the [[Rose Bowl Game]] in Pasadena, and the [[Sugar Bowl]] in [[New Orleans]]. Since 2025, the Rose and Sugar Bowl games have hosted two of the [[College Football Playoff]] quarter-finals, but will move to mid-January to host the semi-finals every three years.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sallee |first=Barrett |date=2 May 2023 |title=College Football Playoff schedule, dates set for 2024, 2025 seasons with field expanding to 12 teams |url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-playoff-schedule-dates-set-for-2024-2025-seasons-with-field-expanding-to-12-teams/ |accessdate=9 January 2024 |website=[[CBS Sports]]}}</ref> Since 2008, the [[National Hockey League]] has hosted an annual [[NHL outdoor games|outdoor game]], the ''[[NHL Winter Classic|Winter Classic]]'', which rotates between different host teams annually, and usually showcases a major regional [[List of NHL rivalries|rivalry]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Salao |first=Colin |date=2024-12-06 |title=NHL Winter Classic Shifts to Jan. 1 Seeking Viewership Boost |url=https://frontofficesports.com/nhl-winter-classic-shifts-to-new-years-eve-seeking-viewership-boost/ |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Front Office Sports |language=en}}</ref> If New Year's Day falls on a Sunday, sporting events and associated festivities (such as the Rose Parade) traditionally held on New Year's Day are typically deferred to the following Monday in defense of the [[National Football League]]—which plays a Sunday game day as normal.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Molinari |first=Dave |date=February 5, 2016 |title=Penguins, Flyers planning home-and-home series of outdoors games |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/penguins/2016/02/05/Pittsburgh-Penguins-Philadelphia-Flyers-reportedly-working-on-home-and-home-series-of-outdoors-games/stories/201602050250 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207054201/https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/penguins/2016/02/05/Pittsburgh-Penguins-Philadelphia-Flyers-reportedly-working-on-home-and-home-series-of-outdoors-games/stories/201602050250 |archive-date=7 February 2016 |access-date=7 January 2020 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |language=en}}</ref> In 2025, the NHL experimented with pushing the Winter Classic ahead to New Year's Eve to avoid competition from the College Football Playoff.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Michael |date=2025-01-03 |title=NHL Shouldn’t Panic About Worst-Ever Winter Classic Ratings |url=https://frontofficesports.com/nhl-winter-classic-lowest-ratings-2025/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=Front Office Sports |language=en}}</ref>
**The [[Premier League]] in English [[Association football|football]] traditionally holds a fixture of matches on New Year's Day,<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 December 2019 |title=BT Sport to offer no-contract monthly pass for first time |url=https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2019/12/12/bt-sport-to-offer-no-contract-monthly-pass-for-first-time/ |access-date=7 January 2020 |website=Digital TV Europe |language=en-GB |archive-date=19 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219191609/https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2019/12/12/bt-sport-to-offer-no-contract-monthly-pass-for-first-time/ |url-status=live }}</ref> stemming from the historic tradition of games being played over the Christmas holiday period (including, just as prominently, [[Boxing Day]]).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Murray |first=Scott |date=24 December 2015 |title=A brief guide to … English football over the Christmas holiday |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/dec/24/christmas-soccer-holiday-field-notes |access-date=7 January 2020 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=7 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007174304/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/dec/24/christmas-soccer-holiday-field-notes |url-status=live }}</ref>
**The final of the [[PDC World Darts Championship]] typically falls on New Year's Day.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McVeigh |first=Niall |date=31 December 2019 |title=Sport in 2020 calendar: your month-by-month guide to the year ahead |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/dec/31/sport-in-2020-calendar-your-month-by-month-guide-to-the-year-ahead |access-date=7 January 2020 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=27 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127175417/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/dec/31/sport-in-2020-calendar-your-month-by-month-guide-to-the-year-ahead |url-status=live }}</ref>
**The [[Cheltenham Racecourse]] holds a New Year's Day fixture, which includes the [[Fairlawne Handicap Chase]], [[Dipper Novices' Chase]], and [[Relkeel Hurdle]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paddy Power returns to sponsorship at Cheltenham on New Year's Day |url=https://www.racingpost.com/news/paddy-power-returns-to-sponsorship-at-cheltenham-on-new-years-day/415005 |access-date=7 January 2020 |website=[[Racing Post]] |archive-date=4 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804092158/https://www.racingpost.com/news/paddy-power-returns-to-sponsorship-at-cheltenham-on-new-years-day/415005 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*New Year's Day is a government and bank holiday in many countries.
*In the [[Southern United States]], a variety of foods considered lucky are cooked and consumed on New Year's Day, including [[hopping John]], red beans and rice, and [[collard greens]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.southernliving.com/food/holidays-occasions/new-years-recipes-traditions|work=Southern Living|title=25 Traditional New Year's Recipes To Cook Up Lots Of Good Luck|date=17 November 2023|access-date=16 December 2023|archive-date=17 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217035732/https://www.southernliving.com/food/holidays-occasions/new-years-recipes-traditions|url-status=live}}</ref>
*In [[Sweden]], [[pizza]] orders spike with some pizzerias bringing in extra staff to handle a surge in demand.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nilsson |first=Rut-Anna |date=2025-01-01 |title=Pizzeriornas nyårsdag: "Vi har gjort över 200 beställningar" |url=https://www.hallandsposten.se/nyheter/halmstad/hogt-tryck-pa-pizzeriorna-under-nyarsdagen-over-200-bestallningar-.55300d98-14cf-4deb-bd0b-611178724c1b |access-date=2025-01-02 |work=[[Hallandsposten]] |language=sv}}</ref> Swedish media have described it as 'Pizza Day'.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carp |first=Ossi |last2=Dutt |first2=Sujay |date=2015-12-31 |title='Det heter inte nyårsdagen – vi säger pizzadagen' |url=https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/det-heter-inte-nyarsdagen-vi-sager-pizzadagen/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |work=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |language=sv |issn=1101-2447}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ericson |first=Andreas |date=2025-01-01 |title=Efter veckor av planering – nu är stora pizzadagen här |url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/efter-veckor-av-planering-nu-ar-stora-pizzadagen-har |access-date=2025-01-02 |work=[[Sveriges Radio P4]] Örebro |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Lidesjö |first=Jens |date=2025-01-01 |title=Så laddade pizzeriorna upp inför stora "pizzadagen" |url=https://www.vimmerbytidning.se/nyheter/vimmerby/hultsfred/artikel/sa-laddade-pizzeriorna-upp-infor-stora-pizzadagen/l7y300xl |access-date=2025-01-02 |work=[[Vimmerby Tidning]] |language=sv}}</ref>