Paris – pour le Réveillon… on New Year’s Eve… BONNE ANNEE and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Si vous cherchez à fêter le Réveillon à Paris ce week-end, la Ville de Paris propose un spectacle splendide; une célébration qui mêlera musique et projections sur l’Arc de Triomphe.

Organisé pour la troisième année consécutive par la Ville de Paris en collaboration avec Les Petits Français, cet événement a pour objectif de «transformer le réel en imaginaire» à travers des spectacles vivants et multimédias.

Cet événement est gratuit pour tous: Parisiens et visiteurs sont invités à se rejoindre ce 31 décembre à 23h30 sur la place de l’Étoile et l’avenue des Champs-Élysées afin de vivre une expérience unique.

Plus de 600.000 personnes sont attendues sur les Champs-Élysées pour assister à ce show grandiose.

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Quoi que vous fassiez ce 31 décembre 2016, BTL vous souhaite une Bonne et Heureuse Année 2017! 

If you are looking to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Paris this weekend, the City of Paris is putting on a spectacular event which will combine music and projections onto the famous Arc de Triomphe.

This will be the third year that such an event has been organised. Event producers Les Petits Français have worked with the City of Paris to « transform the real into the imaginary » through live and multimedia shows.

The event itself is free and open to all – Parisians and visitors alike are invited to come together this 31st December at 11.30pm at Place de l’Étoile and the Champs-Élysées avenue. Over 600,000 people are expected to gather to bring in the New Year in style.

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However you choose to spend this New Year’s Eve, BTL wishes you a very Happy New Year 2017!

New Year’s Eve: Definition and origins of the term
New Year’s Eve refers to the night of December 31, often celebrated with merrymaking to usher in the new year at midnight.

The origins of the term can be traced to c.1300; « þer þay dronken & dalten … on nwe gerez euen. » The Julian calendar began on January 1, but the Christian Church frowned on pagan celebrations of this and chose the Feast of the Annunciation (March 25) as its New Year’s Day. The civic year in England continued to begin January 1 until late 12c., and even though legal documents then shifted to March 25, popular calendars and almanacs continued to begin on January 1. The calendar reform of 1751 restored the Julian New Year. New Year’s was the main midwinter festival in Scotland from 17c., when Protestant authorities banned Christmas, and continued so after England reverted to Christmas, hence the Scottish flavor (« Auld Lang Syne, » etc.). New Year’s gathering in public places began 1878 in London, after new bells were installed in St. Paul’s.

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