What day is the day before New Year's Day? What are the New Year’s Day customs?

What day is the day before New Year's Day? What are the New Year’s Day customs?
New Year's Day, which is January 1st of the Gregorian calendar, is commonly known as the "New Year" in most countries in the world. So what is the day before New Year's Day? What are the New Year’s Day customs? Let’s take a look at the following content!

What day is the day before New Year's Day?

The day before New Year's Day is the day before New Year's Day. Many regions hold activities to welcome the new year on the day before New Year's Day. The celebrations spanning from the day before New Year's Day to New Year's Day are called New Year's Day countdown or New Year's Eve. The Gregorian New Year's Eve is on December 31st, and the Lunar New Year's Eve is on December 29th or 30th. The day before New Year's Day refers to the various activities from December 31st of the Gregorian calendar (the last day of the year) to New Year's Day. In recent years, it has become popular to hold a holiday countdown at this time to celebrate the arrival of the new year. Activities on the day before New Year's Day are considered a different holiday from New Year's Day in many countries. In 21st century Western culture, the most popular celebration is the party that goes on until midnight, and most people also open champagne to celebrate. In addition, many major cities hold large-scale fireworks displays at midnight on the eve of New Year's Day to celebrate.
How to calculate overtime pay for New Year's Day 2021
According to convention, New Year's Day in 2021 is a statutory holiday. Therefore, if employees work on a statutory holiday, the employer should pay overtime wages at 300% of the daily wage, and this money cannot be offset by compensatory leave. So if you work overtime on January 1, 2021, you will get triple pay.

What are the New Year’s Day customs?

Method 1: It is known throughout China and even the whole world that many countries have designated New Year's Day as a legal holiday and have holidays on this day. After the founding of New China, New Year's Day was also designated as a legal holiday with one day off.
Method 2: The more common ones now are activities organized by groups, such as New Year's Day parties, hanging slogans to celebrate New Year's Day, or holding collective activities. In the past, people organized themselves to beat drums and gongs and perform folk dances together, and you can still see them on TV documentaries. With the development of technology today, it has evolved into a gala or something like that. In recent years, there have been programs such as traveling and gatherings. Anyway, there are not many traditions on New Year's Day. It's a holiday on this day and you can have fun however you want. In fact, New Year's Day only means a one-day holiday for the younger generation.
Method three: The traditional Chinese way of celebration is preserved among the people, especially in rural areas. Every New Year’s Day, every household would set off firecrackers, kill chickens and geese, and after paying homage to various gods, the family would reunite and have a meal together. As for more intense forms of celebration, I haven't seen any yet.


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