Friday, 30 December 2016

New Year's Day Google Doodle

Happy New Year’s Eve! All across the world tonight.Sharing the eager anticipation of counting down to midnight: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...
New Year’s Eve Day Facts:
  • New Year’s Eve is one of the favorite celebration days for many people.
  • Around 1 million people will celebrate the arrival of 2017 in Times Square on New Year's Eve.
  • The top three places to celebrate New Year’s Eve are Las Vegas, Disney World and of course, New York City.
  • Internationally, one of the biggest celebrations is in Sydney, Australia. More than 80,000 fireworks are set off from Sydney Harbour Bridge.
  • Time Square New Year's Eve Ball was first dropped in 1907 after there was a fireworks ban.
  • Many Australians annually celebrate New Year’s Eve with parties, music and other forms of entertainment on December 31.
  • New Year’s Eve is the day before New Year’s Day in the Gregorian calendar, which is used by many Australians.
  • Many Australians celebrate New Year’s Eve on boat cruises, urban parklands or beaches.
  • New Year’s Eve is not a public holiday in Australia.
  • New Year's Eve is a major social holiday for many people in the United States.
  • Around the start of the 1900s, New Year's Eve celebrations in America started to appear.
  • The first Ball drop in Times Square was held in 1907
  • Dec 31 Google celebrate New Years Eve Day with animated doodle


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