The soonest known record of a New Year celebration dates from around 2000 bce in Mesopotamia, where in Babylonia the new year (Akitu) started with the new moon after the spring equinox (mid-March) and in Assyria with the new moon closest t…

In many places people stay up late to see the old year out and the new year in. Almost everywhere in the world church bells ring, horns toot, whistles blow, sirens shriek. Happy new year 2016 facebook covers, happy new year 2016 fb covers,…