How New Year’s Eve Travels the World: Celebrating Across Time Zones
From Sydney to New York: How the World Rings in the New Year Across Time Zones Discover how New Year’s Eve travels around the globe, starting in Sydney and ending in Hawaii. Learn how different time zones create a 24-hour celebration! How New Year’s Eve Travels the World: Celebrating Across Time Zones Every year, as the clock strikes midnight on December 31st, the world comes together to celebrate New Year’s Eve. But did you know that this celebration doesn’t happen all at once? Thanks to time zones, New Year’s Eve is a 24-hour event that travels around the globe, starting in the first time zone and ending in the last. Let’s take a journey through the world’s time zones to see how New Year’s Eve “travels” from one country to another. The First to Celebrate: Pacific Nations The celebration kicks off in the Pacific Ocean, where small island nations like Kiribati and Samoa are the first to welcome the New Year. These countries are located just west of the Internatio...