• 1. New Year's Day is January 1
  2. Every year a crystal ball drops at midnight in Times Square
  3. The Rose Bowl is played on New Year's Day
  4. Chinese New Year falls between 1/21 and 2/20
  5. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year

• The New Year is a time for change and resolution, and this often results in speeches and toasts at holiday gatherings of friends and family. For an abundance of New Year quotes from speeches past, or quotes to add wisdom, comedy and resonance to your own toasts, check out the links on this page.

• Resolution Quotes

  "Many people look forward to the new year for a new start on old habits."—Author UnknownNew Year's Festival: New Year's Quotations

  "Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account."—Oscar WildeNew Year's Festival: New Year's Quotations

  "New Year's Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual."'—Mark TwainNew Year's Festival: New Year's Quotations

• Comedic New Year's Quotes

  "Now there are more overweight people in America than average-weight people. So overweight people are now average… which means, you have met your New Year's resolution."—Jay LenoAbout.com: Funny New Year's Quotes

  "From New Year's on the outlook brightens; good humor lost in a mood of failure returns. I resolve to stop complaining."—Leonard BernsteinAbout.com: Funny New Year's Quotes

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