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Today, I learned from a local church about Watch Night, a midnight service and vigil that supposedly began in Methodist congregations in the mid-18th century in England, and gained significance in the southern United States among black communities when the Emancipation Proclamation became law on January 1st, 1863.
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In other regions of the world, celebratory traditions vary and range from throwing potsВPand dishes out the windows at midnight to playing pranks on others.
The advent of the New Year is typically accompanied by the consumption of alcoholic beverages and celebratory drinking in Western cultures. This tradition dates at least as far back as the Roman era.
marks the last day of the year and is celebrated around the world with celebrations, festivities and congregations.
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