New-Year greetings

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• New Year's Eve — For other calendars, see New Year. For other articles with similar names, see New Year (disambiguation). New Year s Eve Also called Hogmanay (Scotland), Calennig (Wales), Silvester (Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary,… …   Wikipedia

• New Year — For other uses, see New Year (disambiguation). The New Year is the day that marks the beginning of a new calendar year, and is the day on which the year count of the specific calendar used is incremented. For many cultures, the event is… …   Wikipedia

• NEW YEAR'S CARDS — The widespread custom of sending Jewish New Year s cards dates to the Middle Ages, thus predating by centuries Christian New Year s cards, popular in Europe and the United States only since the 19th century. The custom is first mentioned in the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Chinese New Year — For other traditions of celebrating lunar new year, see Lunar New Year. Chinese New Year Chinatown, London around Chinese New Year Also called Lunar New Year, Spring Festival Observed by …   Wikipedia

• Japanese New Year — The kadomatsu is a traditional decoration for the new year holiday. Official name Shōgatsu (正月) Observed by Japanese …   Wikipedia

• Lao New Year — The Lao New Year called Bpee Mai or Songkan (Lao: ) is celebrated every year mostly around April 13 to April 16. Greetings There are several variations of wishing people on the occasion of the Lao New Year with the most common expression being… …   Wikipedia

• Thai New Year — The Thai New Year ( th. สงกรานต์ Songkran , from Sanskrit sankrānti astrological passage ) is celebrated every year from April 13 to April 15. It coincides with the New Year of many other calendars in South and Southeast Asia.The date of the… …   Wikipedia

• NEW YORK CITY — NEW YORK CITY, foremost city of the Western Hemisphere and largest urban Jewish community in history; pop. 7,771,730 (1970), est. Jewish pop. 1,836,000 (1968); metropolitan area 11,448,480 (1970), metropolitan area Jewish (1968), 2,381,000… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• GREETINGS AND CONGRATULATIONS — Although Jews have adopted the languages of the countries in which they live, they have always tended to retain traditional forms of greetings and congratulations either in Hebrew or Yiddish and occasionally in Aramaic, and some of these forms of …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• greetings — n regards, kind/warm regards, respects, compliments, best wishes, good wishes, congratulations, respects, love, salutations, remembrances, salaams, salve OLD (Shakesp) regreet(s) * * * This entry deals with ways of greeting someone when you meet… …   Useful english dictionary

• Greetings and goodbyes — This entry deals with ways of greeting someone when you meet them, and with ways of saying goodbye. For information on what to say when meeting someone for the first time, see entry at ↑ Introducing yourself and other people. For information on… …   Useful english dictionary