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New Year's Eve is December 31, the final day of the Gregorian year, and the day before New Year's Day,

New Year's Eve is a separate observance from the observance of New Year's Day. In 20th-century Western practice, the celebration involves partying until the moment of the transition of the year at midnight. Drinking champagne is also a major part of the festivities.

Within many cultures the use of fireworks and other noise making is a major part of the celebration in cities such as Berlin, Edinburgh, Sydney, London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Toronto, and Tokyo. Bring some sunshine to your party and some sand, too Have a great beach party.

New Year's Eve is a public non-working holiday in the following countries, among others: France, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, the Philippines, and Venezuela.

Localized celebrations

Australia

With crowds of well over 1. 2 million people, Sydney has arguably the second largest New Year celebrations worldwide, after Rio de Janeiro (which attracts over 2 million people on Copacabana Beach; New York and London both average crowds between 800,000 and 1,000,000) benefiting from the harbour city's warm summer weather and spectacular natural amphitheatre. Also because of its proximity to the International Date Line, Sydney is home to the first major celebration to welcome the new year.