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Happy Happy New Year, History Daily listeners, and with this new year and all its fresh starts and new leaves, I hope you flourish. It's a good thing to get a new beginning. We can all use some

forgetting, some forgiveness, and some forward focus. Psychologically, it seems obvious why we would celebrate the new year.

But many of us don't celebrate the new year on the new year, do we?

We celebrate on New Year's Eve and then recover on New Year's Day.

Why is that?

When did that tradition get started?

For today's Saturday matinee, be sure to gather the kids

to listen to the Family Learning podcast, Who Smarted, tackle this question. Why do we celebrate New

Year's Eve? With four new episodes released weekly, Who Smarted blends trivia and fascinating facts

to educate and entertain both kids and adults alike, so I hope you enjoy.

While you're listening, be sure to search for and follow Who's Smart? We put a link in the show

note to make it easy for you.

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