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New Year's Day -- History, Traditions, and Customs
Relates the history of new year celebrations and explains many of the traditions that have come to be associated with the holiday.
http://wilstar.com/holidays/newyear.htm
Hogmanay Alive and Well
Describes the Scottish Hogmanay traditions and tells how these traditions live on in modern times.
http://merganser.math.gvsu.edu/myth/hogman...
Happy New Year from the Sanders
Family shares New Year's greeting, complete with graphics and lots of links.
http://www.entourages.com/barbs/nyear97.ht...
Father Time's Net
New Year songs, recipes and traditions from around the world.
http://www.fathertimes.net
The Millennium Lodge
Includes history, recipes for beverages and appetizers, and links.
http://www.geocities.com/TheMillenniumLodg...
Twas the Month after Christmas
Humorous poem about New Year's resolutions to diet.
http://hometown.aol.com/shelltee1/twasmax....
Hogmanay.net
Guide to Hogmanay celebrations around Scotland, plus some background to the tradition.
http://www.hogmanay.net/
Happy New Year
Page shares New Year's resolutions and poetry.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/2...
New Year's Day
Includes history, customs, recipes, and descriptions of how the holiday is celebrated around the world.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/...
Christine O'Keeffe's New Year's Page
New Year's customs from many countries, calendars, free e-cards, and links.
http://www.tartanplace.com/newyr.html
Words to Auld Lang Syne
Lyrics to this Scotish traditional New Year's eve song.
http://hometown.aol.com/shelltee1/lyrics.h...
Huddle New Year
Includes seasonal music, games, coloring pages, poems and stories, clip art, fonts, holiday history, and information on observances around the world.
http://holidays.huddlenet.com/newyear/
Lesson Plan: Cambodian New Year Mini-Unit
Lesson plan for American children in grades 2 - 4 teaching them about the Cambodian New Year.
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/...
Celebrate New Years Day
U.S. Embassy page describes U.S. celebrations on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
http://stockholm.usembassy.gov/Holidays/ce...
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