New Year's Eve  

New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve 

phrase. 除夕 

It was New Year's Eve in 1941, but I still remember it like it was yesterday. 这位老先生说:那是1941年的新年除夕,但是在我记忆里就好像昨天发生的事一样。

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  • phrase. 除夕
  • 1. It was New Year's Eve in 1941, but I still remember it like it was yesterday.

    这位老先生说:那是1941年的新年除夕,但是在我记忆里就好像昨天发生的事一样。

  • New Year's Eve c. 1300; "þer þay dronken & dalten ... on nwe gerez euen." The Julian calendar began on January 1, but the Christian Church frowned on pagan celebrations of this and chose the Feast of the Annunciation (March 25) as its New Year's Day. The civic year in England continued to begin January 1 until late 12c., and even though legal documents then shifted to March 25, popular calendars and almanacs continued to begin on January 1. The calendar reform of 1751 restored the Julian New Year. New Year's was the main midwinter festival in Scotland from 17c., when Protestant authorities banned Christmas, and continued so after England reverted to Christmas, hence the Scottish flavor ("Auld Lang Syne," etc.). New Year's gathering in public places began 1878 in London, after new bells were installed in St. Paul's.
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