What is a New Year’s Resolution? | Fun Facts About New Year’s Day

Want to learn about New Year’s Day and New Year’s resolutions? Watch our New Year’s Facts video. Did you learn anything new about New Year’s Day? Watching videos like New Year’s Day English Lesson is a great way to teach your kids or ESL students about New Years traditions in North America! It is also a fun way to learn general knowledge and new vocabulary about New Year’s. Tell us what new information you learned about New Year traditions. Also, be sure to like this video and subscribe to our channel for more holiday teaching resources like history, vocabulary, quizzes, activities, and lesson plans. ------- • New Year Activities for Students | New Year Resolution Lessons: ------- Other types of ESL Holiday Activities • Christmas Vocabulary Quiz for ESL : • Christmas Guessing Game: What Am I? : ------ Want more fun and engaging holiday activities for ESL Students? Check out my book: @englishwithja... #teachingenglishwithjackie #learningenglishwithjackie # #eslactivities #classroomgames #esl ------------------------------------------------------- Even more Ideas for the TEFL Classroom: -------------------------------------------------------- • Watch a Christmas history video by @Suibhne : Timestamp 0:00 Intro 0:20 When is New Year’s Day? 0:36 What does New Year’s Day celebrate? 0:50 New Year’s Day Traditions 1:53 New Year’s Resolutions 2:41 Guess the top 5 most common resolutions of Americans for 2022 3:17 Fun Facts About New Years 4:13 Outro Transcript for New Year’s Day Facts When is New Year’s Day? New Year’s Day is the first day of a year. What does it celebrate? New Year’s Day celebrates the beginning of a new year. New Year’s Day Traditions In North America, many people start parties at homes, bars, or clubs on the evening of New Year’s eve (December 31). Most of these parties last until the early hours of the next day. People welcome New Year’s Day with their family and friends. People often count down hours before the new year arrives at home or at public places like Times Square in New York City. Many cities can be loud, bright, and crowded because of fireworks and music. On a personal level, people like to set New Year’s resolutions. New Year’s Resolutions A New Year’s resolution is a promise you make to yourself to do something positive or to do something differently in your life in the coming year. Examples of New Year’s Resolutions: 1. living healthier 2. personal improvement or happiness 3. losing weight 4. career or job goals 5. financial goals 45% of Americans make New Year’s resolutions ... but 25% of them quit by the second week of January. Guess the top 5 most common New Year’s resolutions of Americans for 2022 1. living healthier 2. personal improvement or happiness 3. losing weight 4. career or job goals 5. financial goals Fun Facts On average, a million people go to Times Square (NYC) to watch the ball drop & countdown. People kiss someone at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve for a year of luck and love. For New Year’s, Russians will write their wishes on a piece of paper, burn it, put the ashes into a glass of champagne, and drink it! In Canada, some people swim in ice-cold water to celebrate the New Year. This tradition is also known as the Polar Bear Swim. In China, the New Year festival lasts 15 days. It starts on a different day every year because they follow the lunar calendar. Tags: History of new years day, new year’s day, new year’s eve, new years day, new years eve, new year’s resolutions, what is new year’s resolution?, new year’s traditions, new years esl, new year’s esl