New Year

2022 - 12 - 31

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New Year's Eve: celebrations around the world as 2023 begins – live (The Guardian)

It looks like it was a good turnout as families came out to see the early bird fireworks in Australia this evening. Here are some more photos from the event ...

It is already 2023 in Kiritimati (a big happy new year to all our readers on the islands), with many major cities around the world about the kick off their own celebrations. I will be bringing you the best photos from around the world and all the latest scenes of celebration as we bid farewell to 2022 and see in the new year. It might mark an arbitrary point in the motion of the Earth around the sun, but as the year 2022 turns into 2023 as ever it will result in celebrations, fireworks, broken resolutions and quite a bit of staying up late to see in the new year, wherever you are on the globe.

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The 20 best destinations for New Year's Eve celebrations in 2022 (CNN)

NYE sees the Taipei 101, the world's 10th tallest building, light up with one of the planet's most spectacular fireworks displays. This year's theme is "Taipei ...

And if you want to fit in with the locals, go admire the sunrise on New Year's Day on the waterfront along Tokyo Bay. New Year's in the Scottish capital is synonymous with Hogmanay, a three-day event of live music, street parties and — of course — spectacular fireworks. Sydney's New Year's Eve celebrations are among the most famous in the world, beautifully framed by the harbor and the backdrop of the Opera House. You're spoiled for choice if you decide to spend New Year's Eve on the Las Vegas Strip, with many resorts boasting their own fireworks displays in addition to their regular shows. Lagos is the centerpiece of Nigeria's New Year's Eve celebrations, which are marked in culturally and religiously diverse ways. The quintessential New Year's Eve spot, Times Square in New York gets seriously packed with people on the day, and the event is even streamed online for anyone to watch. It's hard to imagine a more lively open-air New Year's Eve party that the one that takes place annually at Copacabana Beach in Rio. A city that boasts some of the best nightlife and festivals in Europe is a sure-fire destination for New Year's Eve. The Pacific island nation of Kiribati is among the first inhabited places in the world to see in the New Year, because it's located so close to the International Date Line. Arab music stars will perform on New Year's Eve at the [Mohammed Abdo Arena Boulevard Riyadh City](https://riyadhseason.sa/event-details-en.html?id=920/en_Trio_Arabic_Night_Concert), and the Noor Riyadh citywide festival of light and art also runs through the winter. Last year, billions of people tuned in to watch the spectacular fireworks and light show at the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, according to its developer Emaar. The show will be supported by laser lights and music, with an A-list of local celebrities and performers leading up to the countdown.

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Happy New Year. Make it a good one. (Carlsbad Current-Argus)

Understandably, many Christians do not like to think of atonement because it necessarily focuses on the negative. Additionally, in Biblical Christian theology, ...

Even though we can claim the power of the Blood for forgiveness, receiving it is a whole different matter if we are unwilling to make faithful atonement for our sins. Therefore, Christians may consider today to be a high holy day of rest, jubilant celebration, faithful sacrifice in the Name of the Lord! Leviticus 23:23-25 reads, “The LORD spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the people of Israel, saying: In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of complete rest, a holy convocation commemorated with trumpet blasts.

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New Year's Day: What's open, closed? Is there mail on Monday? Is ... (syracuse.com)

New Year's Day is a federal holiday marking the first day of the calendar year. Jan. 1, 2023, is Sunday. New Year's Eve falls on a Saturday this year, ...

Is Target open on New Year’s Day? Is Walmart open on New Year’s Day? on New Year’s Eve and Wegmans will close at 8 on NYE; Walmart will be open regular hours Saturday. [Which bars in New York have all-night New Year’s permits? Many are also closing early for New Year’s Eve. Some locations may close early on New Year’s Eve Friday. Onondaga County’s Central Library and all city branches are closed Sunday and Monday for the New Year’s holiday. Walmart, Target and Wegmans will be open on Sunday with regular hours in most locations. New Year’s Day is a federal holiday marking the first day of the calendar year. FedEx will not offer Express delivery on Monday, but will offer most other services. 1, 2023, from 10 a.m. Call ahead or visit their websites.

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Running an errand on New Year's Day? Here is what's open and ... (CNN)

If that's the case, there are several grocery chains, drug stores and restaurant chains nationwide open for business on Jan 1, 2023. But check hours of ...

Mail will not be picked up and [will not be delivered.](https://www.fedex.com/content/dam/fedex/us-united-states/services/FedEx-Holiday-Schedule.pdf) [FedEx](https://www.fedex.com/content/dam/fedex/us-united-states/services/FedEx-Holiday-Schedule.pdf): Ground and Express services are closed on Jan. Post offices will be closed on Jan. On Jan. This means post offices, government offices and banks will be closed on Monday. [USPS](https://www.usps.com/holiday/holiday-schedule.htm): Local post offices will be open on New Year’s Eve. – and even add in some new resolutions, like a morning walk or healthier eating.

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What grocery stores will be open on New Year's Eve, Day? (The Hill)

(NEXSTAR) – Whether you forgot the champagne or are searching for a snack this New Year's weekend, you may want to be prepared before you rush to the ...

[online](https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores). [here](https://www.costco.com/warehouse-locations). on New Year’s Eve and reopen at 6 a.m. Wegmans: Stores will close at 8 p.m. Walmart: Most stores will be open for normal operating hours from 6 a.m. on New Year’s Day, according to the latest Publix on New Year’s Eve, according to the company’s and closing at 7 p.m. Stores will have reduced hours the next day, opening at 10 a.m. on New Year’s Day, according to the latest Stores will be closed on New Year’s Day. Some will have limited hours or even be closed for part of the holiday weekend.

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In photos: New Year's Eve around the world (Axios)

Zoom out: Here's a look at celebrations across the globe. Australia. Fireworks light up the sky over Sydney Harbour Bridge on Jan. 1, 2023, in Sydney, Australia ...

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Cities across the world ring in the new year (NPR)

The year 2022 is turning to 2023 in time zones across the world, starting in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Some of the first people who celebrated 2023 ...

Brooks/AFP via Getty Images hide caption Brooks/AFP via Getty Images toggle caption Some of the first people who celebrated 2023 live in Kiribati, an island country in the Pacific Ocean, with a population of less than 122,000 people.

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New Year's celebrations around the world (CNN)

Fireworks explode from the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, during New Year's Eve celebrations in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

But this year, we could be seeing a return to something closer to the norm. Revelers are ringing in the new year with celebrations across the globe. New Year's celebrations around the world

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Harvard expert on the worst thing about New Year's resolutions ... (CNBC)

Harvard's Lisa Lahey, an expert on our innate aversion to change, shares why so many New Year's resolutions are doomed to fail — and why that's OK.

That was all the permission she needed to start taking care of herself in more ways than one, Lahey points out. "There's just so much commonality because fundamentally we are human," she adds. And that's the key behind all of this work. "It would just never work, so you can release that." but for many people, that doesn't work, because the behavior is actually serving a really important [competing] goal they have." "It's like people drink the Kool-Aid, [and think] 'If I really intend to make this goal happen, and I can't, I'm a loser. Yet none of this is to say that change is impossible. The tragedy, she says, is that all too often we criticize ourselves when we come up short, despite decades of research proving just how resistant to change we are. For Brown, it was an assumption that meetings were mundane and creativity-sucking. For example, if someone who never thought about what they ate or how much they exercised finds their metabolism slowing with age, it might not be difficult to start making healthier choices. "People have a very misguided notion that you can actually change fast. "There's nothing shameful about that."

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