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New Year's Eve

Today is New Year’s Eve! Send your best wishes to loved ones near and far with free New Year’s eCards. This special occasion is celebrated across the globe. Many cultures have fireworks displays and other festivities to celebrate the start of the New Year. In Mexico, people make a wish and eat a grape with each of the twelve chimes of the bell during the countdown to the New Year. In Brazil, they typically dress in white to bring good luck and peace for the year to come.
In the United States, New Year's Eve is a major social holiday. Huge crowds gather in New York City to watch the ball drop in Times Square, a tradition that began in 1907 after firecrackers were outlawed. At midnight, it is customary to kiss a loved one, toast with champagne, and sing "Auld Lang Syne.
Celebrate New Year’s Eve at home with your family or out on the town with your friends, and enjoy the countdown to midnight! Happy New Year!
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Today is also National Champagne Day 

December is National Fruit Cake Month & National Egg Nog Month

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History for December 31   1897 - Brooklyn, NY, spent its last day as a separate entity before becoming part of New York City. 1929 - Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians played "Auld Lang Syne" as a New Year's Eve song for the first time. 1940 - As a result of a dispute between the radio networks and ASCAP (the American Society of Composers and Publishers), the radio industry was prevented from playing any ASCAP-licensed music. The ban lasted for ten months. 1946 - U.S. President Truman officially proclaimed the end of hostilities in World War II. 1967 - The Green Bay Packers won the National Football League championship game by defeating the Dallas Cowboys 21-17. The game is known as the Ice Bowl since it was played in a wind chill of 40 degrees below zero. ________________________________________________________ "When you were born, you cried, and the whole world rejoiced. Live such a life that when you die the world will cry and you will rejoice." --Anonymous