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Changing Times and New Year's Day Traditions
A historical reflection on how American New Year customs evolved from Puritan restraint to festive street and restaurant celebrations. The piece traces Dutch and English origins, the 18th and 19th century calling rituals, the shift to dinners and carnivals, police-enforced sobriety in cities, and the impact of the Great War and Prohibition on future observances.
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America
New England
New York
South
Walter Raleigh
England
Holland
New Amsterdam
Netherlands
New World
Indies
Ihs
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Indianapolis