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New Year's Eve is the holiday before New Year's Day, on December 31, the last day of the current year.

Today, Western countries usually celebrate this day with a party which ends with a group countdown to midnight. Party hats, noisemakers, fire crackers and drinking champagne are fairly common during this holiday.

Many towns also have fireworks shows or other noisy ways to start the new year. Places like Berlin, Chicago, Edinburgh, Los Angeles, London, New York, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Sydney, Toronto, and Tokyo are well known for their New Year's Eve celebrations.

New Year's Eve is also a work holiday in some countries, such as Australia, Argentina, Brazil, France, Mexico, the Philippines, and Venezuela.

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    New Year's Eve decorations in Nişantaşı, İstanbul.

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    Hogmanay fireworks in Edinburgh.

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    Auckland fireworks as seen from Sky Tower.

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    Fireworks display in Hong Kong.

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    New Year's Eve celebration in Jakarta, Indonesia

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    Tokyo Tower on New Year's Eve, 2012

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    The New Year countdown party in Singapore

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