一系列有关新年、常被引用的名言：

　　Youthiswhenyou'reallowedtostayuplateonNewYear'sEve.Middleageiswhenyou'reforcedto.~BillVaughn

　　Anoptimiststaysupuntilmidnighttoseethenewyearin.Apessimiststaysuptomakesuretheoldyearleaves.~BillVaughan

　　Manypeoplelookforwardtothenewyearforanewstartonoldhabits.~AuthorUnknown

　　ANewYear'sresolutionissomethingthatgoesinoneyearandouttheother.~AuthorUnknown

　　Bealwaysatwarwithyourvices,atpeacewithyourneighbors,andleteachnewyearfindyouabetterman.~BenjaminFranklin

　　NooneeverregardedtheFirstofJanuarywithindifference.Itisthatfromwhichalldatetheirtime,andcountuponwhatisleft.ItisthenativityofourcommonAdam.~CharlesLamb

　　NewYear'sDayiseveryman'sbirthday.~CharlesLamb

　　Nevertellyourresolutionbeforehand,orit'stwiceasonerousaduty.~JohnSelden

　　Year'sendisneitheranendnorabeginningbutagoingon,withallthewisdomthatexperiencecaninstillinus.~HalBorland

　　Themerryyearisborn

　　Likethebrightberryfromthenakedthorn.

　　~HartleyColeridge

　　NewYear'seveislikeeveryothernight;thereisnopauseinthemarchoftheuniverse,nobreathlessmomentofsilenceamongcreatedthingsthatthepassageofanothertwelvemonthsmaybenoted;andyetnomanhasquitethesamethoughtsthiseveningthatcomewiththecomingofdarknessonothernights.~HamiltonWrightMabie

　　TheOldYearhasgone.Letthedeadpastburyitsowndead.TheNewYearhastakenpossessionoftheclockoftime.Allhailthedutiesandpossibilitiesofthecomingtwelvemonths!~EdwardPaysonPowell

　　Cheerstoanewyearandanotherchanceforustogetitright.~OprahWinfrey

　　Ringouttheold,ringinthenew,

　　Ring,happybells,acrossthesnow:

　　Theyearisgoing,lethimgo;

　　Ringoutthefalse,ringinthetrue.

　　~Alfred,LordTennyson,1850

　　Theproperbehaviorallthroughtheholidayseasonistobedrunk.ThisdrunkennessculminatesonNewYear'sEve,whenyougetsodrunkyoukissthepersonyou'remarriedto.~P.J.O'Rourke

　　EverymanshouldbebornagainonthefirstdayofJanuary.Startwithafreshpage.Takeuponeholemoreinthebuckleifnecessary,orletdownone,accordingtocircumstances;butonthefirstofJanuaryleteverymangirdhimselfoncemore,withhisfacetothefront,andtakenointerestinthethingsthatwereandarepast.~HenryWardBeecher

　　NewYear'sDay:Nowistheacceptedtimetomakeyourregularannualgoodresolutions.Nextweekyoucanbeginpavinghellwiththemasusual.~MarkTwain

　　新年常唱的歌曲：AuldLangSyne

　　ThisfamouspoembyRobertBurnsisquitepopularinNewYearparties:

　　Shouldauldacquaintancebeforgot

　　Andneverbroughttomind?

　　Shouldauldacquaintancebeforgot,

　　Andauldlangsyne?

　　Chorus

　　Forauldlangsyne,myjo,

　　Forauldlangsyne,

　　We'lltakacupo'kindnessyet,

　　Forauldlangsyne.(全部歌词见下面链接）

　　其他国家过年的习俗:

　　NewYear'straditionsaresimilar,butsomearedifferent.Herearesomeinterestingcustoms,pastandpresent,aroundtheworld.

　　Australian:NewYear'siscelebratedonJanuary1.Thisisapublicholidayandmanypeoplespendithavingpicnicsandcampingonthebeach.T