Friday 1 January 2027
New Year's Day is Friday 1 January 2027. New Year's Day, 1 January, is the first day of the Gregorian calendar and a public holiday in most countries. Food customs for it are mostly about luck and money: peas and greens in the American South, a stacked box of osechi in Japan and a coin baked into a cake in Greece.
Source: New Year's Day.
Also known as Ne'erday, Neujahr, Capodanno, Año Nuevo, Ganjitsu.
Southern United States
A South Carolina dish of black-eyed peas and rice, made with bacon or another pork cut. In the southern United States it is eaten with collard greens on 1 January for prosperity, the peas standing for coins.
Source: Hoppin' John.
Japan
A set of festive dishes packed in stacked boxes (jubako) for the Japanese New Year. Many are sweet, sour or dried so they keep without a refrigerator, and each dish carries a wish for the year.
Source: Osechi, Japanese New Year.
Japan
A soup with mochi rice cake and grilled fish, served with the New Year dishes in Japan.
Source: Japanese New Year.
Greece
A New Year's Day bread or cake in Greece with a coin or trinket baked in; whoever finds it in their slice is said to have luck for the year. It is tied to Saint Basil's day on 1 January.
Source: Vasilopita.
Scotland
A meat pie that some Scots make the centrepiece of the New Year's Day dinner, often called Ne'erday.
Source: Hogmanay.
Germany
A small pig modelled in marzipan, given to friends in Germany at New Year as a lucky charm you can eat.
Source: Marzipan pig.
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| Year | When |
|---|---|
| 2027 | Friday 1 January 2027 |
| 2028 | Saturday 1 January 2028 |
| 2029 | Monday 1 January 2029 |
| 2030 | Tuesday 1 January 2030 |
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