New Year in different countries

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In this city a lot of people gather in Times Square and watch the “Big Apple” fall. The “Big Apple” isn’t a real apple. It’s a moving picture of an apple on a side of one of the big buildings in Times Square. Every New Year’s Eve during the last few seconds before midnight it starts to “fall” down the building, and when it gets to the bottom it’s the start of the new year.
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Madrid
New York
Moscow

In this country housewives start to cook special food for the New Year’s Day and the members of the families do a big cleaning up. The idea is to get rid of the past year dirt, and welcome the new. On the television or on the radio you can hear 108 bells. The 108th bell rings just a second before the midnight. The people say: “Happy New Year!” People eat the special food and drink rice wine during the meal.
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Italy
Japan
Canada

People call the New Year’s Eve “Hogmanay”. They visit their friends’ houses just after midnight on the New Year’s night. The first person who comes to your house brings you luck. At midnight when the clock begins to strike twelve, the head of the family goes to the entrance door, opens it wide and holds it until the last stroke. Then he shuts the door. He has let the old year out and let the New Year in.
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The USA
Scotland
India

This country is sometimes called “the upside down world”. It lies in the Southern Hemisphere. During the Christmas holidays people often sunbathe on the beach or swim and surf in the ocean. On the 31st of December many people go to the country for the picnic. In January the temperature ranges from 20 to 30º C above zero or higher.
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Egypt
Australia
Ireland

In this country it can be dangerous to have a walk at night at the end of December. People usually throw the old things from the house through the window: broken cups and plates, old clothes and boots and sometimes different pieces of furniture. At the New Year’s Eve the magician Befaniya comes to the houses through the chimney and put the presents for the children in their stockings or shoes.
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France
Italy
Germany