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New Year’s Balls and Bells

  • December 31, 2014
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The world has many ways to celebrate New Year’s Eve. Americans watch the ball drop in Times Square (pictured here), and Buddhist temple bells in Japan ring 108 times. It’s a Spanish tradition to eat a dozen grapes at midnight, while the Dutch burn Christmas-tree bonfires to signify renewal. (A. Katz / Shutterstock)

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