New Year’s Eve Celebrations Around the World

By UNLIMITED STOCK | December 14, 2016


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Some statistics about New Year resolutions around the world.

  1. 23 is the number of hours on the New Year’s eve between Samoa and American Samoa, just 100 miles apart, due to the international date line.
  2. The tradition of celebrating New Year started around 4000 years back.
  3. At the stroke of midnight Spaniards consume 12 grapes and try to eat all of them before the clock stops chiming. The grapes represent good luck.
  4. In New York nearly one million people converge to watch the New Year’s eve ball drop down.
  5. 2 tons of Confetti is released.
  6. In London, around 3 lakh people gathered to enjoy the fireworks display around and above the London eye.
  7. In Paris, the brilliant display of fireworks on the Eiffel tower is cherishable.
  8. In Rio De Janeiro around 2 million people gather on the beach for the parties.
  9. In Sidney, 1.6 million people gather on the harbour and 2.6 million watching fireworks on TV.

Source:Visual.ly

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