New Year’s Eve NYC 2023 celebrates the start of the new year in the Gregorian calendar.
It is the contemporary expression of an ancient Roman tradition gone global. There are many New Years around the world, but most of the world celebrates a variation of the Roman new year.
New Year’s Eve NYC 2023
New Year’s Eve 2023 is Saturday, December 31, 2022.
The Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball Drop 2023 is in Times Square NYC on Saturday, December 31, 2022 from 6pm – 12:20am. Free, but go hours early to enter the square.
New Year’s Eve Traditions
We celebrate New Year’s according to the Gregorian calendar. It was implemented by Pope Gregory XIII in October 1582. It improved on Julius Caesar’s Julian calendar by adding leap years to keep the calendar aligned with the traditional seasons.
Many countries have their own unique way to celebrate.
A Spanish tradition popular around the Spanish-speaking world is to eat 12 grapes as the last twelve seconds of the year are counted down. The tradition started as a marketing stunt in 1909 when Valencian grape growers had a surplus of grapes.
Americans of the United States traditionally toast New Year’s Eve with French Champagne, the sparkling wine from the Champagne region. Spaniards drink Cava, the Spanish sparkling wine from Catalonia. Italians drink Prosecco from the Veneto region (Venice) of Italy.
However you celebrate, Happy New Year!