New Year Celebrations

Welcome 2008: New Year New Hope

New Year is a festive occasion for all. Much before the arrival of new year, people start making preparations to celebrate this gala event. The basic idea is to give a warm welcome to the new year and cherish golden moments of the past. New year is perceived differently by people. Some take it as a time to look back and remember the positive happenings in life. They take them as a motivation and promise themselves to keep doing good work in the future as well. Also, they take note of the negativities that had an adverse effect on their level of performance. They do so with the aim of learning from their mistake. While, there are others who crib about the fact that they have lost one more year of their life.

New year celebrations usually revolve around friends and family. It is the time when the entire family gets together and enjoys to the fullest. Special food is prepared, songs are sung and people especially youngsters party. Elderly people share laughter, play games and chitchat. The trend of celebrating New Year is not new, though you can find notable variations in the style of celebration. Infact, when it comes to celebration, as you travel from one region to another, you'll find a great diversity.

The date of New Year varies from country to country like in the US, it is celebrated on the first day in the month of January. China and Israel follow the lunar calendar and celebrate New Year in accordance with the movement of moon around the Earth. There are a couple of countries that celebrate New Year during the spring season when it is the time of growing of fresh crops. Few countries look forward to welcome autumn season for New Year celebrations. New Year is a great occasion for gifting and promotional products are the best giveaways.

Large number of people visit their respective places of worship on the festive period of New Year and offer prayers to the Lord. They seek the blessings of the almighty God with the hope that New Year would bring happiness and prosperity to them. They light candles on the first day of New Year and wish that new year may fill their lives with brightness ad shine. Devotees perform religious dances to appease God. Many people give old clothes and their other belongings as charity to help the poor and needy people. Women adorn their house with Happy New Year banners. DJ nights are organised to mark the beginning of New Year. The entire world rocks and rolls in the New Year party. It is nothing less than an extravaganza that becomes a lifetime memory.