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New Year’s Eve celebrations are as old as the holiday itself, and it’s hard to believe that we’re so deep into the 21st century already.

In the Gregorian calendar, New Year’s Eve in many countries, the last day of the year, is on December 31. In many countries, New Year’s Eve is celebrated at evening social gatherings, where many people dance, eat, drink alcoholic beverages, and watch or light fireworks to mark the new year. Some people attend a watch night service. The celebrations generally go on past midnight into January 1 (New Year’s Day).

Here, we collected some fun and interesting images from New Year’s Eve celebrations past. See how the famous, as well as the rest of us, have celebrated the day in decades past.

Scroll down, and take a look at yesteryear. Wishing you all a very happy New Year!

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20 RARE HISTORICAL PHOTOS OF NEW YEAR’S CELEBRATIONS FROM 1930s TO 1950s

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