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Macau New Year Festival

Macau New Year Festival

New Year is celebrated in all hotels, restaurants and other places in Macau. The government regularly gives a free firework display at mid-night at the Nam Van Lakes.

The whole city is also deck with decorations, from Christmas decor, to New Year decor, and finally to Chinese New Year decor. Three events, one after the other.

New Year notes from wikipedia:

New Year's Eve is December 31, the final day of the 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 practice, New Year's Eve is celebrated with parties and social gatherings spanning the transition of the year at midnight.

New Year's Day is the first day of the year, in the Gregorian calendar, falling exactly one week after Christmas Day of the previous year.

In modern times, it is January 1. In Macau, it is a holiday.

It is a holy day to many of those who still use the Julian calendar, which includes followers of some of the Eastern Orthodox churches, and is celebrated on January 14 of the Gregorian calendar due to differences between the two calendars.