Modern New Year's celebrations often begin New Year's Eve on Dec. 31. In the U.S., the tradition of the Times Square ball drop sees a giant light-up ball slowly lowered with a countdown to the new ...

Muslims will soon welcome a new year in the Islamic lunar calendar, known as the Hijri calendar. The Hijri New Year, ...

The Lunar New Year varies and takes a little calculating. One lunar year, or 12 full cycles of the moon, is roughly 354 days. Chinese Lunar New Year is the most popular and begins at sunset on the ...

New Year's Day is Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. The holiday celebrates the start of the new year and is associated with midnight kisses and parties.

The year of the rabbit traditionally signifies calm and peace. In California, Lunar New Year will for the first time be a state holiday.

Monica Nguyen, 6, plays with one of the lion dancers from Tu Van Lion Dance Troupe after a performance during the Lunar New Year celebration at Asia Times Square in Grand Prairie on Jan. 29, 2022.

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: We've asked you to tell us how you're approaching New Year's resolutions for a completely unpredictable year, and so now we have a couple experts to talk through your questions ...

On January 1 of years past, many of us would spend this day reflecting on what we achieved in the previous year and setting goals to accomplish in the next 12 months. But 2020 was a once-in-a ...

That doesn’t mean New Year’s is safe, of course, especially if you’re on foot: Pedestrians are 1.7 times more likely to die after being hit by a car in the wee hours of New Year’s Day than ...

The 2023 Lunar New Year, also known as the Chinese New Year, kicks off on Jan. 22. Here's everything to know about the Year of the Water Rabbit, including the personality traits of the zodiac and ...

It wouldn’t be New Year’s Eve without Ryan Seacrest. “I have such fun memories of performing on New Year’s Rockin’ Eve in Times Square in both 2007 and 2015, and I’m so excited to ...