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Auld Lang Syne is a Scottish folk song made famous in America by Canadian bandleader Guy Lombardo in the late 1920s.
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Kissing someone at midnight is said to come from the idea that doing so will prevent loneliness during the coming year and ward off evil spirits.
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The island nation Kiribati in the Central Pacific is the first location to ring in the new year each year.
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If you’ve ever spent December 31st at home on your couch, you’ve probably seen New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, the show Dick Clark hosted for twenty-four years until suffering a stroke. He often co-hosted in later years with Ryan Seacrest until he died in 2012. Seacrest continues to host the show.
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Each year, it is estimated that 80 percent of New Year’s resolutions are abandoned by February.
