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In my usual style of cycling through various websites, I found these.........

Simply go to http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/new-years-day/ and
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/new-years/teacher-resources/6649.html and
http://www.topics-mag.com/internatl/holidays/new-year/page.htm

For extension work:

"All over the world, people welcome the new year for it is one of the oldest of all holidays. Most New Year celebrations focus on family and friends. It is a time to reflect on the past and envision a future, perhaps, in a world where people live together in harmony.

In the United States we celebrate the New Year on the first day of January but not all New Year celebrations take place on the same day or in the same way! Sometimes this is because people in different parts of the world use different calendars. China and Israel keep a lunar calendar. It is based on the movement of the moon around the Earth. Some countries celebrate in the spring when new crops begin to grow or in autumn when the crops are harvested. Adults and children have many different ways of welcoming the New Year. Wouldn't it be fun to travel around the world and celebrate the New Year all year long?"
(viahttp://edtech.kennesaw.edu/Jerrie/WebQuest/Kathie/NewYear.html)

Resources:

General Information and Multicultural Sites http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/1502/newyrleg.html wysiwyg://2/http://www.alltel.net/~wildrose/NewYears/ny.html http://home.talkcity.com/BlabWay/%5Ehera%5E/newyears.html http://www.coe.wayne.edu/~mpettap/lesson/newyr.htm http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/7214/newyear.htm http://wilstar.com/holidays/newyear.htm
http://www.celebrate.Y2K.com/
http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/world/newyear_1230/ http://wilstar.com/holidays/newyear.htm
http://mealtime.org/news/fact_newyears.html

Jewish New Year
http://www.chabadcenters.com/high/tishrei-home.asp
http://www.new-year.co.uk/jewish/history.htm

Vietnamese Tet
http://www.web-holidays.com/tet
http://www.destinationvietname.com/dv/dv15/dv15e.htm htttp://www.saigon.com/~nguyent/tet.html
http://familyculture.com/tet/htm

Scottish New Year
http://www.alltel.net/~wildrose/NewYears/hogmanay.html
http://www.alltel.net/~wildrose/NewYears/hogmanay.html http://www.britannia.com/wales/culture2.html

Persian New Year
http://www.payvand.com/ny/massoume.html http://persianoutpost.com/htdocs/nowrooz.html
http:www.abadan.com/nowrouz.html
http://Persia.ORG/Culture/nowruz.html
http://farsinet.com/norooz/

Chinese New Year
http://www.new-year.co.uk/chinese/
http://www.brokersys.com/~kcyong/cny.html http://www.alltel.net/~wildrose/NewYears/Chinese.html http://jasono.hypermart.net/main.htm
http://www.indiana.edu/~chasso/newyear.html
http://www.alltel.net/~wildrose/NewYears/Chinese.html http://www.gio.gov.tw/info/festival_c/html_/spring.htm

Japanese New Year
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2064.html
http://jcult.com/festindex.html
http://tanutech.com/japan/newyear.html
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2060/culture2.html http://www.zuzu.org/japan.html
http://leahi.kcc.hawaii.edu/~jclub/festival/newyear.htm

American New Year
http://recipes.wenzel.net/t/traditional_hopping_john.html http://wilstar.com/holidays/newyear.htm http://www4.district125.k12.il.us/faculty/mplank/newyear.html

Islamic New Year
http://www.indonet.com/HolidaysandFestivals.html http://www.indiatimes.com/festival/baisakhi.html http://www.indiatimes.com/festival/baisakhi.html
http://noblenet.org/year/Hy10diw.htm

Austrian New Year
http://www.serve.com/shea/germusa/silvestr.htm

Indian New Year
http://festivals.iloveindia.com/baisakhi/index.html

HAPPY NEW YEAR!