Most people do or at least try to "see in the new year" but it doesn't really matter.
There is a superstition that the longer children stay up on New Year's Eve, the longer their parents will live.
I stay up and watch the ball drop in NYC!
It has been a tradition to stay up till midnight because after 12:00 it will be THE NEW YEAR!!!!!!
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stay up til midnight and watch the ball drop. What do you mean Yourcat123
Clean up the Christmas tree and decorations and prep for a New Years or New Years Eve party for your friends and fam.
He shot a pistol to start New Years Eve
People like to celebrate New Year's Eve because this allows them, if they stay up late, to mark the exact moment when the old year ends and the new one begins, but New Year's Eve is not a national holiday; it is New Year's Day which is a national holiday, mostly because people need a day to recover from their New Year's Eve celebrations.
You can take a long nap before 12:00 so you can be rested for staying up until midnight.
They stay up late on Christmas Eve and open them at midnight (Christmas).
New Year's Eve - Up All Night - was created on 2012-01-12.
"Le réveillon" is the (family) feast before Christmas or on New Year's Eve; it means keeping awake, as you stay up into the night.