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which area on Oahu has the biggest firework show on New Year's eve?
WaikΔ«kΔ« Beach
This big, shiny item drops in New York City's Times Square at midnight.
New Year Eveβs Ball
In the Southern United States, eating this legume on New Year's Day is thought to bring good luck.
What are black-eyed peas
month of January gets its name from this Roman god of doors and gates.
Janus
Immigrants from this country are credited with introducing the "New Year baby" symbol to the United States.
Germany
how many people bought illegal fireworks this year in 2025?
14,510 firecracker permits
In Spain, it's a tradition to eat 12 of these fruits at midnight for good luck in each of the coming months.
grapes
The New Year's Eve ball did not drop in Times Square in 1942 and 1943 due to wartime restrictions during this conflict.
World War 2
In Italy, wearing this color of underwear is thought to bring good luck for the new year.
red
This ancient leader officially declared January 1st as the first day of the new year in 46 B.C.
Julius Caesar
In Greece, a coin is baked into a New Year's cake called a vasilopita; the person who finds the coin is said to have this for the year.
Good luck/fortune
The very first Times Square New Year's Eve ball was made of these two materials and weighed 700 pounds.
iron and wood
This landmark immigration station in New York Harbor officially opened on New Year's Day, January 1, 1892.
Ellis Island
This famous poet is widely credited with transcribing and adding to the traditional Scottish poem that became "Auld Lang Syne".
Robert Burns
According to the International Date Line, this atoll in the Pacific Ocean is one of the first places on Earth to celebrate the New Year.
Kiritimati a toll/xmas in Kiribati
This hearty, spicy tripe soup is touted as a hangover cure and is a traditional New Year's Day meal in Mexico.
Menudo
The first documented New Year's Day celebration dates back approximately 4,000 years to this ancient civilization.
Mesopotamia
The literal translation of "Auld Lang Syne" from Scots into English is this three-word phrase.
For old long silence
The first New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square occurred in this year.
1907
In Denmark, a New Year's Eve tradition involves people doing this activity at midnight to avoid bad luck.
Jumping off chair
The Japanese New Year's Eve tradition involves ringing a temple bell 108 times, a practice known as Joya no Kane, to expel worldly desires.
ringing a bell 108 times
The common New Year's saying is: "Out with the ____, in with the ____".
βOld, Newβ
A 1907 ban on this specific item led to the creation of the ball drop tradition.
fireworks
People in this South American country host a famous New Year's Eve beach party on Copacabana beach, often wearing white for good fortune.
Brazil
The Japanese tradition of eating long sobanoodles on New Year's Eve symbolizes this desired outcome for the coming year.
long life