What is New Year's Eve?
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox holiday | holiday_name = New Year's Eve | image = Fireworks on New Year's Eve in a small Swabian village (1), brightened.jpg | caption = New Year celebration in [[Eberhardzell]], [[Germany]], 2018 | nickname = {{Plainlist| *[[Hogmanay]] (Scotland) *[[Calennig]] (Wales) *[[Malanka|Shchedryi Vechir]] (Ukraine) *Ambang/Malam Tahun Baharu/Baru (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore) *Yangi Yil, Yılbaşı arifesi, Yeni İl ərəfəsi (Uzbekistan, Turkey and Azerbaijan) *[[Kwanzaa|Karamu]] (African diaspora) *[[Silvester]] (Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland) *[[Réveillon]] (Algeria, Angola, Brazil, France, Macau, Morocco, Mozambique, Portugal, Romania, Tunisia, [[Wallonia]], and [[French language|French-speaking]] locations in North America) *[[Novy God|Kanun Novogo Goda]] (Russia) *[[Ōmisoka]] (Japan) *[[Pele&nbsp;ga&nbsp;Ngwaga o Mosha]] (Botswana) * {{lang|es|Nochevieja}} (lit. Old Night) (Spain and other countries where Spanish is mostly spoken)}} | duration = 1 day | frequency = Annual | observedby = Users of the [[Gregorian calendar]] | date = 31 December | scheduling = same day each year | celebrations = Reflection; late-night partying; family gatherings; feasting; gift exchanges; fireworks; countdowns; [[watchnight service]]s; social gatherings, during which participants may [[dance]], [[eat]], consume [[alcoholic beverages]], and watch or light [[fireworks]] | type = International | significance = The last day of the year in the Gregorian calendar | relatedto = [[New Year's Day]] }} '''New Year's Eve''' is the [[holiday]] before [[New Year's Day]], on [[31 December]], the last day of the current [[year]]. Today, Western countries usually celebrate this day with a party which ends with a group countdown to midnight. Party hats, noisemakers, fire crackers and drinki