A fork of Rural Dictionary
Where the world celebrates another rotation of the earth around the sun. In most countries it is celebrated on the 31st of December. However this is an arbitrary day. A new year should really start after an equniox (either spring or autumn, this is where the length of the day and night are equal, both are 12 hours) or even after a solstice (again either summer or winter). In this case this is where the day or night is at its longest for the year.
new year's is celebrated on the wrong day
when the world completes the cycle of 365 full days and starts a new cycle of 365 days, which is usually on the 1st of January, or for some people its the 16th of March
'hey, how many days to go til new year?'
'well,the date today is 2nd January, so I say around 363 days'
A worldwide celebration of Stratis, a mythical figure that haunts people in their dreams. For this reason it is common to throw fireworks in the stratosphere, in order to extinguish this demon who lives there.
-Oh no! It's new year! I hope Stratis doesn't create a bad dream for me!
-Don't worry man. This time, I'll detonate many fireworks to scare the monster away.