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Who first started celebrating New Years Day?

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Who first started celebrating New Years Day?

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It was first observed in ancient Babylon about 4,000 years ago with the first new moon (actually the first visible cresent) after the vernal equinox (first day of spring). The Romans celebrated it as a civil holiday — the day after elections in which the newly elected assumed their positions.