Shopping malls in Hong Kong cancel countdown parties on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve but deny that Umbrella Movement pro-democracy protests were the cause.
United States: 1 Million Celebrants to Pack New York City’s Times Square!
First hand account of New Year's Eve in Times Square - is it really as much fun as it looks on TV? And an informative infographic of how the celebration got started in 1904 and how it has evolved over the years.