It"s time for the final countdown! New Year"s Eve is celebrated tonight in many countries to see out the old year and hope for the promises of the new one. The traditions of different nations can be quite creative when it comes to saying farewell to the year. If you"re not in the United Kingdom greeting the arrival of midnight with the chimes of London"s Big Ben, you might watch the Times Square Ball Drop in the United States, smash crockery in Denmark, stuff your mouth with grapes for the countdown in Spain or hang onions outside your door in Greece. Celebrators in Thailand might visit a temple for good luck or watch the fireworks illuminating Phra Nakhon Khiri, also known as "holy city hill," based in the historical park of the same name. Wherever you celebrate, have a great one. See you next year!
Happy New Years Eve!
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Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival
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West Cornwall Covered Bridge, Connecticut, USA
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Santa slalom
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Discovery Day in Yukon, Canada
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Burns Night
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Happy Boxing Day!
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Fujian Tulou, China
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Squirrel Appreciation Day
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World Lizard Day
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Guy Fawkes Night
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Aït Benhaddou, Morocco
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Happy Fathers Day!
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International Whale Shark Day
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Flooded crypt, Basilica of San Francesco, Ravenna, Italy
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Sequoias of the sea
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The bears and the bees…
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Holding back the tide
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Lighting the world
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European Day of Parks
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Dream world
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Stockholm Public Library, Sweden
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Celebrating Charles Darwin
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Palazzo Zuccari, Rome
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Leopard at Etosha National Park, Namibia
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A right royal tradition
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Launching hopes and prayers
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Medieval towers in Mestia, Upper Svaneti, Georgia
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Pollinator Week
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A beautiful labyrinth
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Arches National Park, Utah, United States
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