9 Ways to Celebrate New Year’s Eve

9 Ways to Celebrate New Year’s Eve
Glasses with "2024" are displayed ahead of New Year's Eve in Times Square in New York on Dec. 29, 2023. Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo
Chandra Philip
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Dec. 31 presents an opportunity to celebrate the memories made in the past year and hopes for the year ahead. People have been marking the start of a new year for thousands of years.

The first New Year’s festival that has been documented was in Mesopotamia around 2,000 B.C., according to Britannica. Many celebrations through the ages have involved good food, lots of drinks, and great company.
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