They light firecrackers. They do this to scare away evil spirits.
The eve, e.g. the night before New Years Day is New Years Eve.
Eve => night before => New years eve => night before the new years day.
There is a superstition that the longer children stay up on New Year's Eve, the longer their parents will live.
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'eve' is the 'night before' - as in Christmas eve is the night before Christmas. It is also in evening which is the first part of night. Thus 'eve' refers to night time.
Literally, the old night. Used for New Years Eve.
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on Christmas eve
Yes, all day December 24th is Christmas eve, not just the night. Same as any day (like New Years Eve) it just means the day before.