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• A Scottish poem, "Auld Lang Syne," by Robert Burns was set to music and has become the traditional harbinger of the New Year. Traditionally at the stroke of midnight, "Auld Lang Syne" is sung in celebration.

• Fast Facts

  1. New Year's Day is January 1
  2. In 2008, the New Year falls on a Thursday
  3. "The Passing of the Year", by Robert William Service, gives a New Year view as an optimist and a pessimist
  4. A fresh start to the New Year is spoken of in "New Year's Morning" by Helen Hunt Jackson

• Happy New Year Poem

  • If it didn't bring you joy
  • just leave it behind
  • Let's ring in the new year
  • with good things in mind

  • Let every bad memory
  • that brought heartache and pain
  • And let's turn a new leaf
  • with the smell of new rain

  • Let's forget past mistakes
  • making amends for this year
  • Sending you these greetings
  • to bring you hope and cheer

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• New Year Poems

  • "New Year's Day Nap" by Coleman Barks

  • "On a New Year's Eve" by June Jordan

  • "A Song for New Year's Eve" by William Cullen Bryant

  • "The Old Year" by John Clare

  • "One Year Ago--Jots What?" by Emily Dickinson

  • "At the Entering of the New Year" by Thomas Hardy

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