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What's new in a new year?

A few years ago, I made public a question that has been tormenting me ever since I was able to think : "What's 'new' in a 'new year' ? And understandably, I received you-must-be-crazy-or-dumb-looks in no less numbers  Every year, when people across the world celebrate new year- most cultures more than once a calender year- I tried to fathom why people behave so stupidly this time of the year (Trust me, I'd seen people do some really weird things that they would not usually do). Well, for one, it is just another damn day and we all have to go to school/college/work again. For another, the year actually changes a quarter to three quarters of a day later (#leapYearAdjustment). For yet another, we all have to go through the tedious process of getting new calendars, diaries, planners, greeting cards, subscriptions et al. (Yes, I'm lazy!) They say, "Hope keeps a man alive" and so I convinced myself that it must be hope that people see