Episode 2800
New Year's Eve
Wed, 2025-Jan-01 02:24 UTC
Length - 1:40
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Welcome to Popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today.
With 223,136 views on Tuesday, 31 December 2024 our article of the day is New Year's Eve.
In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve, also known as Old Year's Day, refers to the evening or the entire day of the last day of the year, 31 December. In many countries, New Year's Eve is celebrated with dancing, eating, drinking, and watching or lighting fireworks. Some Christians attend a watchnight service to mark the occasion. The celebrations generally go on past midnight into New Year's Day, 1 January.
The first places to welcome the New Year are the Line Islands (part of Kiribati), Samoa and Tonga, in the Pacific Ocean. In contrast, American Samoa, Baker Island and Howland Island (part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands) are among the last.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:24 UTC on Wednesday, 1 January 2025.
For the full current version of the article, see New Year's Eve on Wikipedia.
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