New Year’s Eve Events for the Budget Minded
Traditionally celebrated on December 31st, New Year’s Eve is the last day of the Western calendar and marks a momentous occasion as people around the world bring in the New Year. Celebrated in a different manner than New Year’s Day, New Years Eve can be marked as a special event in different ways. For some, it is a reminiscent day of a remarkable past year and for others, it is a relieving holiday that marks the end what could have been a difficult year. Regardless, it is widely considered as an occasion to be celebrated in the most outstanding ways.
While New Year’s Eve parties can always commence at any point during the day, it is most commonly an evening event, with midnight signifying the most momentous hour. The countdown into the New Year is a recognized tradition that people worldwide partake in, even while observing parties from different time zones. The most popular way to ring in the New Year with a literal bang is with fireworks displays, which are prominent throughout many major cities in the world. Most major cities around the globe host vast varieties of celebrations, a large number of which are televised, to celebrate New Year’s Eve.
Australia, being one of the first major cities to partake in New Year’s Eve celebrations due to time zones, hosts a large, 2 million person celebration that occurs in Sydney. The event is watched around the world, as it is the first and one of the biggest New Year’s Eve parties that is globally observed. Located among the streets lining the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney offers an outstanding fireworks display and creates a party atmosphere that is not only radically enjoyable, but usually themed, to create a fun, different atmosphere.
In England, the main parties and celebrations surround the techno-inspired landmark, the London Eye. London’s grand fireworks display is considered to be one of the world’s biggest displays on New Year’s Eve. Fireworks are launched directly from the London Eye’s wheel itself and the countdown during New Year’s Eve is based on the popular landmark, Big Ben.
New York in the United States offers one of America’s biggest and most prestigious New Year’s Eve parties on the streets surrounding Times Square. Locals and tourists flock to the Square in the early hours of the morning just to save spots for the momentous countdown event. Surrounding the famous landmark are venues that offer musical and theatrical events that occur throughout the day in celebration of the end of the year. Considered the most watched televised event, the significant 10-second countdown is the highlight of the evening, during which a Waterford Crystal-made “New Year’s Eve” ball drops during the final 10 seconds from the One Times Square Building, coming to rest at the bottom of the building at exactly 12:00 AM. Showers of glittering confetti shoot from the sky and the city rejoices as the New Year is welcomed.
In Brazil, Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro is the place to be to party on New Year’s Eve. The beach is lined with a massive main stage that hosts music and dancing throughout the day and night and the outstanding fireworks show is launched directly from the stage. Approximately 2 million locals and tourists go specifically to Copacabana Beach for New Year’s Eve to experience the popular music that is played on three stages: one for Brazilian pop music, one for rock and one for samba. The tradition for the outstanding New Year’s Eve party on Copacabana Beach is to go well entrenched in white.
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