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Smart girls decide for themselves™.
Well, it looks like a lot of people had a lot to say about when, where, and why they ring in the New Year! People from all over the world, of all different races, and of different genders chose to chime in!
We can see that 700 people took this survey! 678 of you were girls. That means that 97% of the people who wrote in were ladies! We also had 14 boys and 8 who didn't let us know. Is it a secret?
We can also see that a lot of people of a lot of ages chose to write in. You ranged in age from 8 to 22! Again, some folks didn't answer that question, but we know that everyone knows how to have fun from the young to the old!
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People of all different backgrounds celebrate the New Year. Let's take a look at who they are!
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No matter where you live, the New Year happens and most of you celebrate. Let's see where you all hang your hat at night. Does living in a bigger city or suburb affect how you celebrate the New Year? Let's take a look...
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The New Year is not celebrated one way by everyone. A lot of people celebrate with traditions from a variety of cultures and religions. It's really cool to see that people around the world with different backgrounds celebrate! Let's take a look at some of the other ways people celebrate New Years:
Well, 580 of you (73%) celebrate the New Year on January 1st, but what about the rest of you?
42 of you celebrate the Chinese New Year
20 of you celebrate the Jewish New Year
11 of you celebrate on December 31st
9 of you celebrate the Hindu New Year
8 of you do not celebrate the New Year
6 of you celebrate the Thai New Year
5 of you celebrate the Vietnamese New Year
5 of you celebrate the Ethiopian New Year
4 of you celebrate the Korean New Year
3 of you celebrate the Bengalese New Year
3 of you celebrate the Muslim New Year
3 of you celebrate the Laos New Year
Still others of you celebrate the Cambodian, Iranian, Polish, African, Puerto Rican, German, Mexican, Catholic, and Ukrainian New Years.
The rest of you didn't let us know, but as you can see, there are a lot of different New Years that people celebrate!
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It looks like most of you spend the New Year hanging out with family and friends!
What's the breakdown?
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celebratewith
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| closefamily |
518 | 44.46 |
| bestfriends |
231 | 19.83 |
| neighbors |
94 | 8.07 |
| extendedfam |
187 | 16.05 |
| allfriends |
99 | 8.5 |
| dontceleb |
36 | 3.09 |
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Everyone has holidays they look forward to! Some holidays have lots of presents, food, good company, and more! With these things in mind, how much do you guys actually look forward to celebrating the New Year? Is it the most exciting event of the year, or is it like going to the dentist?
Let's take a look!
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| How exciting is New Years? |
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The Kiss. The big one. The one you see in all the movies. Everyone kisses and ends up happily ever after. What about you? A lot of people associate kissing with New Years.
The first graph shows who has been kissed on New Years before. Look... over half of you. So that means, when you think you are the only one not smoochin' on the New Year, you know you are not alone!
The second graph here shows how many of you think you are getting kissed this New Years. The numbers look pretty equal, but we can see that more than half are not sure they are going to be kissed. 89 of you even said you don't want to be kissed! So, maybe this squashes the whole "everyone gets kissed but me" theory!
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Part of celebrating anything is with the music! We asked you guys how well you know the song Auld Lange Syne, which means As Time Goes By. We found that a few of you know all the words and almost half of you are at least familiar with the tune. It's a tune about remembering good friends, and the ones we have lost touch with. Everyone has those people in their lives, so it's an appropriate song on a day where you can start fresh!
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lyrics
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| all |
28 | 4.08 |
| kinda |
91 | 13.25 |
| tune |
148 | 21.54 |
| never |
420 | 61.14 |
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A lot of people make New Year's resolutions. They are a way for people to reflect on how they treat themselves and others, and give people a chance to make their life and the lives around them a little bit better. A lot of us have a lot of things we want to change, but how many do we actually make into resolutions?
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Resolutions are good! But we all know they can be hard to keep. We asked you guys how long you kept your resolutions, and the numbers show that you do a pretty good job! Some of them are really hard to keep, but still others of you have kept them for a long time! Awesome!
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This is a really popular question! We had over 1,000 responses! There are a lot of different kinds of resolutions. A lot of people want to get along better with parents and siblings, keep their rooms clean, or get better grades. Here, we have broken down what the respondents said when we asked what kinds of things did people resolve to do in past New Years?
Over 300 responses each were made about wanting to change or better your habits, be healthier, and do better in school! That's awesome. Over two hundred of you wanted to get along better with family, be nicer, and practice more. As you can see, people are really motivated!
Other responses varied, such as watching less TV, losing or gaining weight, not lying, being closer to God, treating friends better, and some of you didn't have any.
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specificres
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| habits |
352 | 17.05 |
| healthy |
372 | 18.02 |
| family |
260 | 12.6 |
| school |
354 | 17.15 |
| practice |
200 | 9.69 |
| TV |
110 | 5.33 |
| nicer |
260 | 12.6 |
| none |
75 | 3.63 |
| lose weight |
26 | 1.26 |
| Not lie |
1 | 0.05 |
| gain weight |
1 | 0.05 |
| Significant other |
13 | 0.63 |
| Personality |
5 | 0.24 |
| God |
2 | 0.1 |
| friend |
3 | 0.15 |
| Better self |
6 | 0.29 |
| Pets |
2 | 0.1 |
| Achieve something |
4 | 0.19 |
| Sports |
1 | 0.05 |
| Bible |
2 | 0.1 |
| Not have one |
1 | 0.05 |
| other |
14 | 0.68 |
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We were curious as to what fun things you can do on New Years around you? When we asked if your city has festivities, 188 of you said yes and 124 of you said some. So, that means almost half of you have some sort of fun things to do where you live for the New Year. Cool. 180 said no, but 204 said you weren't sure. This shows us that a lot of you have opportunities to have fun things to do! Awesome.
We asked if you actually join in the festivities! 253 of you said that you join in anywhere from sometimes to all the time. Another 231 said you do not join in such festivities, and 216 said there are not any to join in! So, of the people who had festivities in their town, just over half of you do get down and join in!
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Most of you told us that you spend celebrating the New Year at your house. The next most popular place to hang is at a friend's house. It really does show that family and friends are the people to be with to celebrate!
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| my house |
392 | 57.65 |
| friend's house |
104 | 15.29 |
| neighbor's house |
9 | 1.32 |
| downtown |
33 | 4.85 |
| family's house |
109 | 16.03 |
| dontceleb |
33 | 4.85 |
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A lot of people (in the United States, anyway) watch the "Ball" drop in Times Square in New York City. Over half of you told us that you always watch the ball drop! It's one of those traditions.
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Everyone likes to stay up late once in a while! New Years is definately one of those times! We asked you when you first got to see the clock strike 12. Our results show that 97% of you are allowed to stay up until then by the age of 12.
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firstmidnight
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210 | 30 |
| 5-7 |
240 | 34.29 |
| 8-9 |
137 | 19.57 |
| 10-11 |
68 | 9.71 |
| 12+ |
24 | 3.43 |
| stillnot |
21 | 3 |
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During the holidays, a lot of people have traditions. We wanted to know what your traditions are. We found that over 83% of you have traditions that you use to celebrate the New Year.
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| food |
165 | 14.32 |
| visit |
243 | 21.09 |
| visit us |
194 | 16.84 |
| game |
67 | 5.82 |
| play games |
171 | 14.84 |
| don't |
186 | 16.15 |
| watch ball drop |
23 | 2 |
| stay up late |
7 | 0.61 |
| movies |
12 | 1.04 |
| dance |
5 | 0.43 |
| party |
17 | 1.48 |
| drink something |
19 | 1.65 |
| friends |
4 | 0.35 |
| fireworks |
8 | 0.69 |
| church |
5 | 0.43 |
| music |
8 | 0.69 |
| have fun |
10 | 0.87 |
| other |
8 | 0.69 |
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Part of New Years is reflecting on the year that passed and looking ahead to the coming year. We asked how last year was for you, and what you think next year is going to be like... An overwhelming majority of you told us that the past year has been all right or better.
For the next graph, we asked you to predict the coming year... and most of you are very enthusiastic and optimistic!
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Most people have things they want to change about thermselves or the world around them. Here are a few of your suggestions.
- I hope that I can surpass all of the goals that I have set for myself.
- My grades, and my responsability.
- I hope I get a girlfriend
- I hope George W. Bush will get voted out of president.
- I hope to get my very first kiss!
- No one makes fun of me.
- My parents stop fighting and they don't split up
- I hope another hurricane doesn't hit my home or flood it at least (New Orleans)
- My freedom
- I get a boyfriend
- The soldiers will come back from Iraq
- I hope that I will keep my resolution to lose weight and exercise everyday.
- I hope that I will be happier than I was in 2005
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