#Ōmisoka

[wolfnowl]

Another new blog post for you: "Celebrating the Holidays!"

[i-am-ebobo]

'He lost fight with a tree'

❄️Happy Holidays❄️

[eclecticfactoids]

How do you celebrate New Year's?

Ōmisoka (大晦日) or ōtsugomori (大晦) is the Japanese celebration of New Year's Eve (previously held on the final day of the 12th lunar month).

Traditionally, people would complete activities for the concluding year such as house cleaning, repaying debts, purification, and bathing in order to start the new year fresh.

These days, people will often gather for parties and watch 紅白歌合戦 (Kōhaku Uta Gassen; "Red/White Singing Battle") or large mixed martial arts competitions.

About an hour before midnight, people have a bowl of toshikoshi soba or toshikoshi udon together with their friends and family. This tradition is based on the association between long noodles and "crossing over from one year to the next".

[Source: Wikipedia]

[joelojeda]

It's been quite a while since last I mustered the time to do a Holiday card (and I cheated a bit by repurposing a drawing made for a convention) but here's my best wishes to you all!

May you spend meaningful time woth your loved ones, share in blissful memories, and all around have a wonderful year-end festivities.

Merry Christmas!

Happy Holidays!

Happy Festivus!

Merry Yule!

Happy Hanukkah!

Happy Kwanzaa!

Happy Ōmisoka!

Happy Bodhi Day!

Happy Boxing Day!

Happy Winter Solstice!

Happy Sir isaac Newton's Birthday!

Whatever you believe in/celebrate (or not) I wish you the best.

Superman TM & C DC Comics, obvs.

[tab00-t33f]

Joestar’s new years headcanons

Happy new years to everyone!! I am so grateful I could roll in the new year knowing I started writing for all of you! I wish all of you lots of good luck!! And all of us even more fun together <3

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Jonathan Joestar (London, 1880s):

• Jonathan values tradition and would celebrate New Year’s with a proper Victorian dinner party.

• He’d wait for Big Ben’s chimes before pulling you aside for a private moment.

• His kiss would be tender and genuine, paired with a quiet wish for your happiness in the coming year.

Joseph Joestar (New York City, 1930s):

• Joseph thrives in the energetic New York nightlife, so he’d absolutely be at a party or even Times Square.

• He’d make the countdown a big deal, loudly leading the final seconds.

• His New Year’s kiss would be theatrical—a playful dip or a cheeky remark before he plants one on you.

Jotaro Kujo (Japan, 1980s):

• Jotaro sticks to ōmisoka traditions, like eating toshikoshi soba with family and reflecting on the year.

• He’d likely suggest visiting a temple for Joya no Kane (108 bell tolls).

• His kiss would be understated but meaningful—a quick gesture paired with a simple “Happy New Year.”

Josuke Higashikata (Morioh, 1990s):

• Josuke enjoys the family-centered traditions of New Year’s in Japan, especially the big meals like osechi ryori.

• He’d probably get too excited during the countdown, accidentally knocking something over.

• His kiss would be enthusiastic, paired with a big grin and a confident “This year’s gonna be amazing!”

Giorno Giovanna (Italy, 2000s):

• Giorno is all about symbolism, so he’d fully embrace eating lentils for wealth and tossing old things to welcome a fresh start.

• He’d insist on reflecting quietly before midnight, appreciating the significance of the moment.

• His kiss would be soft and deliberate, with a heartfelt wish for both of you to achieve your goals.

Jolyne Cujoh (Florida, 2010s):

• Jolyne loves a good beach party or casual gathering with music and fireworks.

• She’d be the one hyping everyone up during the countdown, probably teasing you in the process.

• Her kiss would be bold and confident, followed by a playful laugh and a quip like, “You’re lucky I didn’t make you wait.”

Johnny Joestar (America, 1890s):

• Johnny’s New Year’s is quieter, maybe around a bonfire or in a cozy, small-town setting.

• He’d spend the evening reflecting, holding your hand as you watch distant fireworks.

• His kiss would be hesitant at first but deeply heartfelt, with a soft “Thank you for being here.”

Gappy / Josuke Higashikata (Morioh, 2010s):

• Gappy would enjoy Japan’s serene traditions, like watching the hatsuhinode (first sunrise) for a fresh start.

• He might awkwardly ask you to join him, unsure if he’s “doing it right.”

• His kiss would be shy but sweet, muttering something like, “I’m glad we’re starting the year together.”

Jodio Joestar (Hawaii, 2020s):

• Jodio’s New Year’s is all about the vibe—a Hawaiian luau with fireworks and ocean breezes.

• He’d act cool during the countdown but would secretly enjoy the festive atmosphere.

• His kiss would be confident and casual, followed by a smirk and a laid-back “Here’s to leveling up this year.”

[tinydefector]

Hiii how u doing?

Do you have any headcanons about cultural share? Like, Spanish reader show the bots how to do Flamenco, Argentinian reader demonstrating a tango, Mexican reader telling stories about their gods (Quetzalcoatl, Tezcatlipoca, Tlaloc,...), Norwegian explaining how fishing is a big part of their economy.....

I'd love to speak about human culture to our beloved bots !

Ps I don't know alot on Mexico, Spain or Argentina. I know alot more on Australia (my home country) Celtic mythology and also Aboriginal dreamtime.

I do have some headcanons on cultural differences between the bots and humans. I happen to have alot and also enjoy the idea of bots from different colony's have different cultures too. And the culture exchange between the bots and humans gets very exciting.

The bots love learning about the different peoples culture and the mythology gets them so excited to learn about. But I believe even just the culture exchange between the different humans gets exciting. The sharing of holidays, celebrations, dances and language.

The joys of teaching the bots about Christmas, Yule, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Las Posadas, Ōmisoka. And them sharing the holidays/ important days of their planet. Sharing dances with loved ones and creating new ones with the humans. Cybertron lost alot of its cultural to the war and so much they have had to rebuild and each moment of joy they get gives them more hope for a future.

And I think that the bots meeting people native to different lands also helps them improve their sense of being. Don't take more than you need and give back to the land. It's something alot of them take to thier spark, after all Cybertron died due to exploiting the planet until it collapsed and the war just lead to more destruction. Alot of the bots tend to take teaching of native people very closely.

I myself would personally love sharing dreamtime stories with the bots, its something I hold dear because I had to relearn so much of who I am who my people are and I'd love to teach the bots about the different totems of my people. The animals that are sacred and aren't to be eaten. To share the art and creation.

It also gets even more amusing when each side talks about taboos.

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Taglist @angelxcvxc

[plural-affirmations]

I know this post is now several weeks late, but I just wanted to say: if the holidays are hard for you, it's ok.

Just because there's a societal celebration doesn't mean you have to suppress your feelings.

You're not required to be happy during Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Yule, Saturnalia, Boxing Day, Las Posadas, Ōmisoka, New Year's Eve/Day, Lunar New Year, or any other holiday. Your grief, your stress, your pain is real. And it deserves to be recognized. It doesn't magically go away just because of the time of year; you're allowed to need help!

Winter is actually pretty hard for a lot of people! Seasonal depression is real, and even if you don't experience that, I think everyone gets a little tired of the cold after the first few weeks.

The point is: it gets better. Springtime is just around the corner, and you won't have to deal with any of this for another 12 months. That in and of itself is worth celebrating!!You're doing amazing!

🖤💜💙💚💛

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 12.31

Holidays

Banished Words List Day

Bright Idea Day

Check the Smoke Alarms Day

Cowbellion de Rakin Revel (Alabama)

Customs Officers’ Day (Kyrgyzstan)

Falls Festival Starts (Byron Bay; Australia)

Genf Restoration (Restoration of the Republic Geneva; Switzerland)

Granite Day (French Republic)

International Solidarity Day (Azerbaijan)

Leap Second Time Adjustment Day

Lightbulb Day

Make Up Your Mind Day

Namahage (Japan)

National Andrea Day

National Heroes Day (East Timor)

Oga no Namahage (Oga City, Japan)

The Old Life Festival (Elder Scrolls)

One Voice Day

Pal-O-Ween (from “Kevin Can F**k Himself”) [Every 31st]

Procrastinator's Day

Rabbit Rabbit Day [Last Day of Every Month]

Silvesterklause (Switzerland)

Solidarity Day of the World (Azerbaijan)

Universal Hour of Peace (UN) [11:30 pm]

World Healing Day

World Peace Meditation Day

You’re All Done Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Champagne Day

National Vinegar Day

Welch’s Grape Day

Independence & Related Days

Ikerlàndia (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]

Penn Federal Republic (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Restoration of the Republic Day (Geneva, Switzerland)

Slinky Empire (Declared; 2008) [unrecognized]

New Year’s Days

January 0

New Year's Eve (a.k.a. ... 

Afternoon Before New Year’s Day (Estonia)

Amateur Drinking Night

Amband

Auld Year's Night (Scotland)

Baal Fire Festival (England)

Baharu (a.k.a. Baru; Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore)

Bisperas ng Bagong Taon (Philippines)

Brew Year's Eve

Calennig (Wales)

Ditch the Resolutions Day

Feast of Father Time

Festival of the Dead (Positivist)

Festival of Yemya (Yoruba/Santeria)

Fire and Ice New Year’s Eve Celebration (Anchorage, Alaska)

First Footing

First Night

Fravartigan (Parsi Zoroastrian)

Freedom’s Eve

Gamlarskvold (Iceland)

Harvest Day (Benin)

Hogmanay (Scotland)

Joya no Kane (Japan)

Kanun Novogo Goda (Russia)

Karma (African Americans, African Diaspora)

Losar (Ladakh, India) >li>Loosing (a.k.a. Nansoong; Sikkim, India)

Malam Tahun

Namahge (Demon Festival; Japan)

Noche de Pedimento (Wishing Night; Mexico)

Noche Vieja (Mexico)

Nochevieja or Fin de Año (Spain)

No Resolution Day

Novy God Eve (Russia)

Oíche Chinn Bliana (a.k.a. Oíche na Coda Móire or Oíche Chaille; Ireland)

Okera Matsuri (Sacred fire Rite; Kyoto, Japan)

Old Year’s Night (England)

Ōmisoka (Prepare and Welcome New Year’s God Toshigami; Japan)

Oud en Nieuw or Oudejaarsavond (Netherlands)

Pele ga Ngwaga o Mosha (Botswana)

Ritual for Iemanja (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Samoan Fire Dance (Samoa)

Silvester

Sint Sylvester Vooravond (a.k.a. Oudjaar; Belgium)

Stonehenge Fireball Festival (UK)

Swinging the Fireballs (Stonehaven, Scotland)

Szilveszter (Hungary)

Tar Barrel Burning (Allendale, England)

The Night of Big Portion (Ireland)

Vigilia di Capodanno (a.k.a. Notte di San Silvestro; Italy)

Watch Night (Christian)

World Peace Meditation Day

Yang Yi (Uzbekistan)

5th & Last Tuesday in December

No Interruptions Day [Last Workday of the Year]

Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Target Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tater Tot Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Teriyaki Tuesday [Last Tuesday of Each Month]

Transformation Tuesday [Last Tuesday of Each Month]

Trivia Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Two For Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning December 31 (Last Week of the Year)

None Known

Festivals Beginning December 31, 2024

AdAmAn Club Pikes Peak Fireworks (Pikes Peak, Colorado)

Burlington New Year's Eve Celebration (Burlington, Vermont)

CelebrateSA: NYE Countdown (San Antonio, Texas)

CherryT Ball Drop (Traverse City, Michigan)

Davao City Torotot Festival (Davao City, Philippines) [thru 1.1]

The Drop in Motor City (Detroit, Michigan)

Dropping of the Conch Shell (Key West, Florida)

Dropping of the Edelweiss & New Year's Eve Event (Helen, Georgia)

Eastport Sardine and Maple Leaf Drop (Eastport, Maine)

First Night Boston (Boston, Massachusetts)

First Night Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)

First Night Ocean City (Ocean City, New Jersey)

First Night Portsmouth (Portsmouth, New Hampshire)

First Night Talbot Crab Drop (Easton, Maryland)

Flora-Bama New Year's Eve Bash (Orange Beach, Alabama)

Freedom Time (Perth, Western Australia)

Fresh Start (San Francisco, California) [thru 1.1]

The Great Pinecone Drop (Flagstaff, Arizona)

Idaho Potato Drop (Boise, Idaho)

Krumpe's Donut Drop (Hagerstown, Maryland)

Las Cruces Chile Drop (Las Cruces, New Mexico)

Last Night on the Town (Virginia Beach, Virginia)

Little Apple New Year's Eve (Manhattan, Kansas)

Midnight New Year’s Eve Countdown (Waikiki, Hawaii)

Minneapolis New Year's Eve (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Missoula On Main and Beyond (Missoula, Montana)

Mobile New Year's MoonPie Drop (Mobile, Alabama)

New Year's Eve Anchor Drop (Pascagoula, Mississippi)

New Year's Eve Ball Drop & Fireworks Show (Gatlinburg, Tennessee)

New Year's Eve Beach Ball Drop (Panama City Beach, Florida)

New Years' Eve Celebration (Simi Valley, California)

New Year’s Eve Celebration and Fireworks (Anchorage, Alaska)

New Year's Celebration at Half-Mile Farm (Highlands, North Carolina)

New Year’s Eve Duck Drop & Fireworks (Havre de Grace, Maryland)

New Year’s Eve Fireworks Spectacular (Omaha, Nebraska)

New Year's Eve Hershey Kiss Drop (Hershey, Pennsylvania)

New Year's Eve in Denver (Denver, Colorado)

New Year's Eve in Jackson Square (New Orleans, Louisiana)

New Year's Eve in New Brunswick (New Brunswick, New Jersey)

New Year's Eve Grape Drop (Temecula, California)

New Year's Eve Midnight Muskrat Dive (Princess Anne, Maryland)

New Year's Eve Orange Drop (Orlando, Florida)

New Year's Eve Pickle Drop (Mt. Olive, North Carolina)

New Year's Eve Shamrock Drop (Dublin, Georgia)

New Year’s Eve Shrimp Drop (Fernandina Beach, Florida)

New Year's Fest (Kalamazoo, Michigan)

NYE Live! St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri)

Price Tower Olive Drop (Bartlesville, Oklahoma)

Rockport New Year’s Eve (Rockport, Massachusetts)

Sarasota New Year's Eve Pineapple Drop (Sarasota, Florida)

Sartori Big Cheese Drop (Plymouth, Wisconsin)

Savannah's Waterfront New Year's Eve (Savannah, Georgia)

Shad Drop (Grifton, North Carolina)

Tallapossa Possum Drop (Tallapoosa, Georgia)

Times Square New Year's Eve (New York, New York)

Walleye Madness at Midnight (Port Clinton, Ohio)

Westport New Year's Eve Fireworks Show (Westport, Washington)

Feast Days

Apodosis of Christmas (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Archangel Gabriel (Coptic Church)

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Artology)

Columba (Christian; Saint)

Connie Willis (Writerism)

Fairy Eve’s Year’s News (Shamanism)

Feast of Sharaf (Honor; Baha’i)

Feast of the Holy Family (Christian)

Festival of the Dead (Complimentary Day; Positivist)

First Foot Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Giovanni Boldini (Artology)

Henri Matisse (Artology)

Het Pint (Celtic Book of Days)

Hogmanay (Pagan; Scotland)

Hogmanay / Hug Many Day (Pastafarian)

Isabel & The Shark (Muppetism)

Julie Doucet (Artology)

Junot Díaz (Writerism)

Kwanzaa, Day 6: Kuumba (Creativity)

Look Good Until You Die Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Lucifer Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Max Pechstein (Artology)

Melania the Younger (Christian; Saint)

ND Stevenson (Artology)

Nicholas Sparks (Writerism)

Seventh Day of Christmas

Siné (Artology)

Steve Rude(Artology)

Sylvester I, Pope (Catholic Church)

Tess Jaray (Artology)

Twelve Holy Days #6 (Virgo, the intestinal tract; Esoteric Christianity)

Twelvetide, Day #7; Silvester (a.k.a. the Twelve Days of Christmas or Christmastide) [until 1.5]

Zoticus of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)

Hebrew Calendar Holidays [Begins at Sundown Day Before]

Hanukkah, Day #7 (a.k.a. Chanukah; Judaism) [thru Jan. 2nd] (Light 7 Candles at Dusk) [30 Kislev-1 Tevet]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day of Sekhmet (Egyptian Warrior Goddess)

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Unlucky Day (Worldwide)

Premieres

The Bear That Wasn’t (MGM Cartoon; 1967)

The Birds and Other Stories, by Daphne du Maurier (Short Stories; 1952)

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (Film; 1969)

Cool For Cats (BBC Musical Variety TV Show; 1956)

Destination Tokyo (Film; 1943)

Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve (TV Special; 1972)

Divorce Court (TV Series; 1957)

The Dot and the Line (MGM Cartoon; 1965)

Duel in the Sun (Film; 1946)

The Dunderheads or Feeling Zero (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 243; 1963)

Forrest Gump, by Winston Groom (Novel; 1986)

The Fraudulent Volcano (Animated TV Show;Jonny Quest #16; 1964)

The Knight and Knave of Swords, by Fritz Leiber (Short Stories; 1988) [Fafhrd and Gray Mouser #7]

Love To Love You Baby, by Donna Summer (Song; 1975)

The Marry-G-Round (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1943)

The Mice Will Play (WB MM Cartoon; 1938)

A Most Violent Year (Film; 2014)

New Years’ Rockin’ Eve (New Year’s Eve TV Special; 1972)

One Froggy Evening (WB MM Cartoon; 1955)

The Paradine Case (Film; 1947)

Perfume, by Patrick Süskind (Novel; 1985)

Pirates of Penzance, by Gilbert & Sullivan (Comic Opera; 1879)

Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates (Novel; 1961)

Symphony in Spinach (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1948)

Three to Go or Crash on Delivery (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 244; 1963)

Two Doors Down (Scottish TV Series; 2013)

Today’s Name Days

Melanie, Silvester (Austria)

Donata, Silvestar, Silvija (Croatia)

Silvestr (Czech Republic)

Sylvester (Denmark)

Silvar, Silver, Silvester, Silvo (Estonia)

Silvo, Sylvester (Finland)

Colombe, Sylvestre (France)

Melanie, Silvester (Germany)

Melany (Greece)

Szilveszter (Hungary)

Paolina, Silvestro (Italy)

Kalvis, Silvestrs (Latvia)

Gedgantas, Melanija, Mingailė, Silvestras (Lithuania)

Sylfest, Sylvi, Sylvia (Norway)

Korneliusz, Mariusz, Melania, Sebastian, Sylwester, Tworzysław (Poland)

Melania (Romania)

Silvester (Slovakia)

Melania, Silvestre (Spain)

Sylvester (Sweden)

Melania (Ukraine)

Malone, Melania, Melanie, Melany, Silas, Silvester, Sylvester (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 366 of 2024; 0 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of Week 1 of 2025

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ruis (Elder) [Day 10 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Ding-Chou), Day 1 (Ji-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 30 Kislev 5785

Islamic: 29 Jumada II 1446

J Cal: 6 Fest; Leapday [6 of 6]

Julian: 18 December 2024

Moon: 1%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: Festival of Holy Women (Complementary Day)

Runic Half Month: Eihwaz or Eoh (Yew Tree) [Day 9 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 11 of 90)

Week: Last Week of December

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 10 of 30)

Calendar Changes

冰月 [Bīngyuè] (Chinese Lunisolar Calendar) [Month 12 of 12] (Ice Month) [Ox Month]

Festival of Holy Women [Complimentary Extra Day, Leap Years Only; Month 0 of 13; Positivist]

[sheepiling]

❄️ It's Time! ❄️

Happy Holidays! I've given my 2017 Holiday Celebration Pack sim, Fredi Jaden, a Seasons makeover! I made her as a lil' winter CAS gift before we had the Seasons EP, and now that we do I've always wanted to give her a makeover with lots of new wintery outfits!! Of course, her old outfits are still there as well!!!

I'm so happy for this sim! Her name means "winter field" in Haitian Creole, and now she's able to actually play in the snow!! I hope you all like her!!! 💝

You can find this sim on my Gallery page, and my ID there is the same as my tumblr: Sheepiling

I wish you all a wonderful Holiday Season! Happy Yule! Merry Christmas! Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Hanukkah! Happy Kwanzaa! Happy Diwali! Happy Winter Solstice! Happy Ōmisoka! Happy New Year! 🎄🎁🕯️���🔔⍟🎆🐲✡️✟🌟☃️🦃🪔🍾

Whether you celebrate a specific holiday or not, I hope the last month of your year is filled with happiness and fun! Much love! ♡ 

[seoexparte52]

This practice, known as "Las Doce Uvas de la Suerte" (The Twelve Grapes of Luck), is believed to bring prosperity and good fortune in the coming year. In Japan, New Year's Eve, or "Ōmisoka

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[labibaakther52]

This practice, known as "Las Doce Uvas de la Suerte" (The Twelve Grapes of Luck), is believed to bring prosperity and good fortune in the coming year. In Japan, New Year's Eve, or "Ōmisoka

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[samiulislam51]

This practice, known as "Las Doce Uvas de la Suerte" (The Twelve Grapes of Luck), is believed to bring prosperity and good fortune in the coming year. In Japan, New Year's Eve, or "Ōmisoka

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[brookston]

Holidays 12.31

Holidays

Banished Words List Day

Bright Idea Day

Check the Smoke Alarms Day

Cowbellion de Rakin Revel (Alabama)

Customs Officers’ Day (Kyrgyzstan)

Falls Festival Starts (Byron Bay; Australia)

Genf Restoration (Restoration of the Republic Geneva; Switzerland)

Granite Day (French Republic)

International Solidarity Day (Azerbaijan)

Leap Second Time Adjustment Day

Lightbulb Day

Make Up Your Mind Day

Namahage (Japan)

National Andrea Day

National Heroes Day (East Timor)

Oga no Namahage (Oga City, Japan)

The Old Life Festival (Elder Scrolls)

One Voice Day

Pal-O-Ween (from “Kevin Can F**k Himself”) [Every 31st]

Procrastinator's Day

Rabbit Rabbit Day [Last Day of Every Month]

Silvesterklause (Switzerland)

Solidarity Day of the World (Azerbaijan)

Universal Hour of Peace (UN) [11:30 pm]

World Healing Day

World Peace Meditation Day

You’re All Done Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Champagne Day

National Vinegar Day

Welch’s Grape Day

Independence & Related Days

Ikerlàndia (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]

Penn Federal Republic (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Restoration of the Republic Day (Geneva, Switzerland)

Slinky Empire (Declared; 2008) [unrecognized]

New Year’s Days

January 0

New Year's Eve (a.k.a. ... 

Afternoon Before New Year’s Day (Estonia)

Amateur Drinking Night

Amband

Auld Year's Night (Scotland)

Baal Fire Festival (England)

Baharu (a.k.a. Baru; Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore)

Bisperas ng Bagong Taon (Philippines)

Brew Year's Eve

Calennig (Wales)

Ditch the Resolutions Day

Feast of Father Time

Festival of the Dead (Positivist)

Festival of Yemya (Yoruba/Santeria)

Fire and Ice New Year’s Eve Celebration (Anchorage, Alaska)

First Footing

First Night

Fravartigan (Parsi Zoroastrian)

Freedom’s Eve

Gamlarskvold (Iceland)

Harvest Day (Benin)

Hogmanay (Scotland)

Joya no Kane (Japan)

Kanun Novogo Goda (Russia)

Karma (African Americans, African Diaspora)

Losar (Ladakh, India) >li>Loosing (a.k.a. Nansoong; Sikkim, India)

Malam Tahun

Namahge (Demon Festival; Japan)

Noche de Pedimento (Wishing Night; Mexico)

Noche Vieja (Mexico)

Nochevieja or Fin de Año (Spain)

No Resolution Day

Novy God Eve (Russia)

Oíche Chinn Bliana (a.k.a. Oíche na Coda Móire or Oíche Chaille; Ireland)

Okera Matsuri (Sacred fire Rite; Kyoto, Japan)

Old Year’s Night (England)

Ōmisoka (Prepare and Welcome New Year’s God Toshigami; Japan)

Oud en Nieuw or Oudejaarsavond (Netherlands)

Pele ga Ngwaga o Mosha (Botswana)

Ritual for Iemanja (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Samoan Fire Dance (Samoa)

Silvester

Sint Sylvester Vooravond (a.k.a. Oudjaar; Belgium)

Stonehenge Fireball Festival (UK)

Swinging the Fireballs (Stonehaven, Scotland)

Szilveszter (Hungary)

Tar Barrel Burning (Allendale, England)

The Night of Big Portion (Ireland)

Vigilia di Capodanno (a.k.a. Notte di San Silvestro; Italy)

Watch Night (Christian)

World Peace Meditation Day

Yang Yi (Uzbekistan)

5th & Last Tuesday in December

No Interruptions Day [Last Workday of the Year]

Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Target Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tater Tot Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Teriyaki Tuesday [Last Tuesday of Each Month]

Transformation Tuesday [Last Tuesday of Each Month]

Trivia Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Two For Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning December 31 (Last Week of the Year)

None Known

Festivals Beginning December 31, 2024

AdAmAn Club Pikes Peak Fireworks (Pikes Peak, Colorado)

Burlington New Year's Eve Celebration (Burlington, Vermont)

CelebrateSA: NYE Countdown (San Antonio, Texas)

CherryT Ball Drop (Traverse City, Michigan)

Davao City Torotot Festival (Davao City, Philippines) [thru 1.1]

The Drop in Motor City (Detroit, Michigan)

Dropping of the Conch Shell (Key West, Florida)

Dropping of the Edelweiss & New Year's Eve Event (Helen, Georgia)

Eastport Sardine and Maple Leaf Drop (Eastport, Maine)

First Night Boston (Boston, Massachusetts)

First Night Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)

First Night Ocean City (Ocean City, New Jersey)

First Night Portsmouth (Portsmouth, New Hampshire)

First Night Talbot Crab Drop (Easton, Maryland)

Flora-Bama New Year's Eve Bash (Orange Beach, Alabama)

Freedom Time (Perth, Western Australia)

Fresh Start (San Francisco, California) [thru 1.1]

The Great Pinecone Drop (Flagstaff, Arizona)

Idaho Potato Drop (Boise, Idaho)

Krumpe's Donut Drop (Hagerstown, Maryland)

Las Cruces Chile Drop (Las Cruces, New Mexico)

Last Night on the Town (Virginia Beach, Virginia)

Little Apple New Year's Eve (Manhattan, Kansas)

Midnight New Year’s Eve Countdown (Waikiki, Hawaii)

Minneapolis New Year's Eve (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Missoula On Main and Beyond (Missoula, Montana)

Mobile New Year's MoonPie Drop (Mobile, Alabama)

New Year's Eve Anchor Drop (Pascagoula, Mississippi)

New Year's Eve Ball Drop & Fireworks Show (Gatlinburg, Tennessee)

New Year's Eve Beach Ball Drop (Panama City Beach, Florida)

New Years' Eve Celebration (Simi Valley, California)

New Year’s Eve Celebration and Fireworks (Anchorage, Alaska)

New Year's Celebration at Half-Mile Farm (Highlands, North Carolina)

New Year’s Eve Duck Drop & Fireworks (Havre de Grace, Maryland)

New Year’s Eve Fireworks Spectacular (Omaha, Nebraska)

New Year's Eve Hershey Kiss Drop (Hershey, Pennsylvania)

New Year's Eve in Denver (Denver, Colorado)

New Year's Eve in Jackson Square (New Orleans, Louisiana)

New Year's Eve in New Brunswick (New Brunswick, New Jersey)

New Year's Eve Grape Drop (Temecula, California)

New Year's Eve Midnight Muskrat Dive (Princess Anne, Maryland)

New Year's Eve Orange Drop (Orlando, Florida)

New Year's Eve Pickle Drop (Mt. Olive, North Carolina)

New Year's Eve Shamrock Drop (Dublin, Georgia)

New Year’s Eve Shrimp Drop (Fernandina Beach, Florida)

New Year's Fest (Kalamazoo, Michigan)

NYE Live! St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri)

Price Tower Olive Drop (Bartlesville, Oklahoma)

Rockport New Year’s Eve (Rockport, Massachusetts)

Sarasota New Year's Eve Pineapple Drop (Sarasota, Florida)

Sartori Big Cheese Drop (Plymouth, Wisconsin)

Savannah's Waterfront New Year's Eve (Savannah, Georgia)

Shad Drop (Grifton, North Carolina)

Tallapossa Possum Drop (Tallapoosa, Georgia)

Times Square New Year's Eve (New York, New York)

Walleye Madness at Midnight (Port Clinton, Ohio)

Westport New Year's Eve Fireworks Show (Westport, Washington)

Feast Days

Apodosis of Christmas (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Archangel Gabriel (Coptic Church)

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Artology)

Columba (Christian; Saint)

Connie Willis (Writerism)

Fairy Eve’s Year’s News (Shamanism)

Feast of Sharaf (Honor; Baha’i)

Feast of the Holy Family (Christian)

Festival of the Dead (Complimentary Day; Positivist)

First Foot Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Giovanni Boldini (Artology)

Henri Matisse (Artology)

Het Pint (Celtic Book of Days)

Hogmanay (Pagan; Scotland)

Hogmanay / Hug Many Day (Pastafarian)

Isabel & The Shark (Muppetism)

Julie Doucet (Artology)

Junot Díaz (Writerism)

Kwanzaa, Day 6: Kuumba (Creativity)

Look Good Until You Die Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Lucifer Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Max Pechstein (Artology)

Melania the Younger (Christian; Saint)

ND Stevenson (Artology)

Nicholas Sparks (Writerism)

Seventh Day of Christmas

Siné (Artology)

Steve Rude(Artology)

Sylvester I, Pope (Catholic Church)

Tess Jaray (Artology)

Twelve Holy Days #6 (Virgo, the intestinal tract; Esoteric Christianity)

Twelvetide, Day #7; Silvester (a.k.a. the Twelve Days of Christmas or Christmastide) [until 1.5]

Zoticus of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)

Hebrew Calendar Holidays [Begins at Sundown Day Before]

Hanukkah, Day #7 (a.k.a. Chanukah; Judaism) [thru Jan. 2nd] (Light 7 Candles at Dusk) [30 Kislev-1 Tevet]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day of Sekhmet (Egyptian Warrior Goddess)

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Unlucky Day (Worldwide)

Premieres

The Bear That Wasn’t (MGM Cartoon; 1967)

The Birds and Other Stories, by Daphne du Maurier (Short Stories; 1952)

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (Film; 1969)

Cool For Cats (BBC Musical Variety TV Show; 1956)

Destination Tokyo (Film; 1943)

Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve (TV Special; 1972)

Divorce Court (TV Series; 1957)

The Dot and the Line (MGM Cartoon; 1965)

Duel in the Sun (Film; 1946)

The Dunderheads or Feeling Zero (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 243; 1963)

Forrest Gump, by Winston Groom (Novel; 1986)

The Fraudulent Volcano (Animated TV Show;Jonny Quest #16; 1964)

The Knight and Knave of Swords, by Fritz Leiber (Short Stories; 1988) [Fafhrd and Gray Mouser #7]

Love To Love You Baby, by Donna Summer (Song; 1975)

The Marry-G-Round (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1943)

The Mice Will Play (WB MM Cartoon; 1938)

A Most Violent Year (Film; 2014)

New Years’ Rockin’ Eve (New Year’s Eve TV Special; 1972)

One Froggy Evening (WB MM Cartoon; 1955)

The Paradine Case (Film; 1947)

Perfume, by Patrick Süskind (Novel; 1985)

Pirates of Penzance, by Gilbert & Sullivan (Comic Opera; 1879)

Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates (Novel; 1961)

Symphony in Spinach (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1948)

Three to Go or Crash on Delivery (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 244; 1963)

Two Doors Down (Scottish TV Series; 2013)

Today’s Name Days

Melanie, Silvester (Austria)

Donata, Silvestar, Silvija (Croatia)

Silvestr (Czech Republic)

Sylvester (Denmark)

Silvar, Silver, Silvester, Silvo (Estonia)

Silvo, Sylvester (Finland)

Colombe, Sylvestre (France)

Melanie, Silvester (Germany)

Melany (Greece)

Szilveszter (Hungary)

Paolina, Silvestro (Italy)

Kalvis, Silvestrs (Latvia)

Gedgantas, Melanija, Mingailė, Silvestras (Lithuania)

Sylfest, Sylvi, Sylvia (Norway)

Korneliusz, Mariusz, Melania, Sebastian, Sylwester, Tworzysław (Poland)

Melania (Romania)

Silvester (Slovakia)

Melania, Silvestre (Spain)

Sylvester (Sweden)

Melania (Ukraine)

Malone, Melania, Melanie, Melany, Silas, Silvester, Sylvester (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 366 of 2024; 0 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of Week 1 of 2025

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ruis (Elder) [Day 10 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Ding-Chou), Day 1 (Ji-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 30 Kislev 5785

Islamic: 29 Jumada II 1446

J Cal: 6 Fest; Leapday [6 of 6]

Julian: 18 December 2024

Moon: 1%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: Festival of Holy Women (Complementary Day)

Runic Half Month: Eihwaz or Eoh (Yew Tree) [Day 9 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 11 of 90)

Week: Last Week of December

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 10 of 30)

Calendar Changes

冰月 [Bīngyuè] (Chinese Lunisolar Calendar) [Month 12 of 12] (Ice Month) [Ox Month]

Festival of Holy Women [Complimentary Extra Day, Leap Years Only; Month 0 of 13; Positivist]

[tenjin-no-shinja]

According to the original tags this picture is from Ōji Inari Shrine in Tokyo.

This shrine apparently is the focus in a Rakugo play called Ōji no Kitsune. Apparently according to legend foxes gather there yearly on Ōmisoka the night before the New Year, and get all dressed up in costumes, holding a festival. The shrine is also linked to the phenomena of Kitsunebi or Fox Fire, which are said to be created by Kitsune and look like floating orbs of light.

Sources: 1, 2

[starrwulfe]

Currently: last day of 2023

Last day of 2023 getting already started here in Atlanta. Let’s go!

⌚ Currently: Logged in online monitoring work stuff (yup, today’s a work day, at least til 2PM EST.) Quiet.

🎶 #nowplaying: Cowboy Bebop Lofi ( Lofi hip hop )

💻 Coding: nothing at the moment. I’m probably gonna tinker with my indieweb process in the blog a little. And just chat with you guys out here in #fediverse land.

☕ Drinking: Wifey is about to put some 8 O’Clock Morning Blend in the grinder, I think.

🌤Wx: 30°F/-1°C and Sunny at 8:07 EST. Light east winds. going up to 60°F/15°C today. Above normal temp today, but gonna be chilly for the next few after this. 🥶

🔜Next up: Gonna prep a brisket to be smoked tomorrow for New Year’s Day dinner. Today is also 大晦日 Ōmisoka which means we’ll be eating toshikoshi udon is for dinner. If we were still in Japan, there’d be me watching Kohaku and trying to sing off key with my family. But we’re back in the US, so that means football then fireworks.

So, how’s everyone else out there? What did/will you do on the last day of 2023?

[daishisensei]

Happy Wednesday? 🎆 🎇 Plans for NYE?

Ōmisoka? *glances at the calendar* New years is a big celebration for my culture, but usually it was mostly celebrated in January, where we had three days of feasting, osechi ryori... The thirty-first is just to get your traveling done before such so you are with family. But... *trails off and looks back down at the polishing rag* perhaps I shall just see to a shrine and the first rising sun, hatsuhinode.