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{{Infobox Holiday |
|holiday_name=New Year's Eve
|image=010105 fireworks2.jpg
|caption=The Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge illuminated under New Year's Eve Fireworks 2005
|nickname=[[Hogmanay]] ([[Scotland]]), [[Silvester]] ([[Germany]], [[Israel]])
|observedby=people around the world
|date=[[December 31]], climaxing at midnight
|celebrations=Reflections, Late-Night Partying, Fireworks
|type=International
|significance=the final day of the  [[Gregorian calendar|Gregorian]] year
|relatedto=[[New Year's Day]] and [[Christmas Day]]
}}

'''New Year's Eve''' is [[December 31]], the final day of the  [[Gregorian calendar|Gregorian]] year, and the day before [[New Year's Day]]. 

New Year's Eve is a separate observance from the observance of [[New Year's Day]]. In 21st-century [[Western culture|Western]] practice, the celebration involves partying until the moment of the transition of the year at midnight.  Drinking [[champagne (beverage)|champagne]] is also a major part of the festivities.  

Within many cultures the use of [[fireworks]] and other noise making is a major part of the celebration in cities such as [[Berlin]], [[New York City]], [[Sydney]], [[London]], [[Paris]], [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Toronto]], [[Funchal]], [[Prague]] and [[Tokyo]].

New Year's Eve is a public non-working [[holiday]] in the following countries, among others: [[Australia]], [[Argentina]], [[Brazil]], [[Mexico]], [[New Zealand]], the [[Philippines]], and [[Venezuela]].