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New Years Day

New Years Day is a time to celebrate new beginnings, resolutions, the ending of one year and the start of a fresh one. As far as public holidays go, this is one of the more important ones. In fact, create a poll asking people what their favorite holiday is, and New Years Eve followed by New Years Day is sure to be at the top of the list.

What are you doing to usher in the new year? Having a party? Attending a famous countdown perhaps? Anything goes come New Years Day, so be sure to make this an extra special one. Whether a big family dinner or watching some football and enjoying some traditional foods for game day, there are numerous ways to celebrate the season!

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Is New Years Day Counted Among Federal Holidays?

In many parts of the world, it actually is. This is terrific because it means that following New Year’s Eve festivities, many people get to stay home from work and get some much-needed rest. So take advantage of the holiday and plan to rest all day or do something fun.


What Can You Do to Celebrate the New Year?

People celebrate New year’s Eve and New Year’s Day in many different ways. From one country to the next, celebrations really do change. One thing though that is fairly common is having a party or a gathering to recognize the end of one year and the beginning of a new one. When it comes to holidays, this is definitely an occasion for a party. Design Wizard’s easy-to-use invitation maker can help you come up with the perfect invites.

Step 1: Scroll through our template library to find your ideal new year’s invitation. Regardless of the theme, we have a perfect, customizable template for your soiree.

Step 2: Customize and personalize your invitation. Now it is time to make your New Years Day invite your own! Change up the color scheme, add a cool background, how about customizing your font. You can even add personal photos to your invitation and really intrigue your friends and family.

Step 3: Save and download. And that is all there is to it. You can then print your invitations yourself, send them to a professional printing service or email them to your invitees. Step it up a notch and have your invites hand delivered by a delivery service!


When Is New Year’s Day?

If following the Gregorian calendar, New Year’s Day is the first day of the year, January 1st. Not every country though goes by the Gregorian calendar. For those following the Julian calendar, New Year’s Day falls on January 14th. And then of course there is the Lunar Calendar. With this calendar, New Years Day is dependent on the moon’s cycles and generally occurs between the end of January and end of February. Many Asian countries will follow a lunar calendar.