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Photo of the Day: Nature's Fireworks
It looks like it can’t be real, but I’m going to take the people at NASA at their word.
Who's First into the New Year?
As of this afternoon, the spinning chunk of rock we inhabit is one- to two-and-a-half days of rotation from the year 2007. If you’re on the tiny Pacific atoll of Kiritimati (Christmas Island), you’ll be among the first to welcome it.
"Blue Laws" and New Year's Eve Don't Mix
If you’re in the US, local “blue” laws preventing the sale or consumption of alcohol on a Sunday, which New Year’s Eve is this year, could but a serious damper on your party plans.
New Year's Around the World
In honor of the coming New Year, the jet-setting folks at Condé Nast Traveler have rounded up a list of how 12:00 am, January 1 will be met in nine different places around the globe.
Festivus for the Rest of Us
If your idea of how to celebrate a winter festival has less to do with astronomical phenomena, religious observance or gift-giving, and more with the “airing of grievances” and “feats of strength,” well then a merry Festivus to you.












