According to The World Book Encyclopedia, "The Roman ruler Julius Caesar established January 1 as New Year's Day in 46 B.C. The Romans dedicated this to Janus, the god of gates, doors, and beginnings. The month of January was named after Janus, who had two faces-one looking forward and the other looking backward."
Both the date and the customs associated with the New Year's celebrations vary from one country to another. In many places revelry and drinking are part of the festivities. However, Romans 13:13 counsels: "As in the daytime let us walk decently, not in revelries and drunken bouts, not in illicit intercourse and loose conduct, not in strige and jealousy."
Regardless of how rough things may be, few celebration pictures of 2011 around the globe:
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