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South Korea's New Year celebrations were subdued following the deadly December 29 Jeju Air crash, and the bell-ringing ceremony was held without performances. [Jung Yeon-je/AFP]
The 2025 New Year Honours are appointments by King Charles III among the 15 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrations at the start of January and those for 2025 were announced on 30 December 2024.
Dominick Critelli, a 103-year-old World War II veteran takes a picture with revellers as people gather at Times Square to watch the ball drop on New Year's Eve in New York City, U.S., December 31 ...
In the United Kingdom, an estimated one billion pounds are spent on greeting cards every year, with the average person sending 55 cards annually. [19] In the United States, approximately 6.5 billion greeting cards are bought each year, at a total cost of more than US$7 billion. [1] A counter card in the U.S. typically sells for $2 to $4. [1]
The greeting in the card can be personalized but brief, or may include a summary of the year's news. The extreme of this is the Christmas letter (below). Because cards are usually exchanged year after year, the phrase "to be off someone's Christmas card list" is used to indicate a falling out between friends or public figures.
This year, Lunar New Year starts on January 29, 2025, and ends on February 16, 2026. Celebrations usually end on Feb. 12, 2025. Related: 26 Authentic Recipes to Celebrate Lunar New Year .
Happy New Year!" (Chinese: 新年好呀; pinyin: Xīn Nián Hǎo Ya) is a popular children's song for the New Year holiday. [107] The melody is similar to the American folk song, Oh My Darling, Clementine. Another popular Chinese New Year song is Gong Xi Gong Xi (Chinese: 恭喜恭喜！; pinyin: Gongxi Gongxi!) .
The year 2025 in art involves various significant events. ... New Zealand artist (born 1945). [9] January 7 - Leo Segedin, 97, American painter (born 1927) [10]