New Year’s Day in the United States

摘要

<正> The custom of visiting friends, relatives and neighbors on NewYear’s Day is one of tie Old World traditions that has taken on anew form in the United States. It is called the Open House.Officially inaugurated by Washington during his first term asPresident. it is now as much a part of New Year’s Day as floralparades and football games. On January 1, 1789. PresidentWashington first opened the doors of his official residence, then inPhiladelphia, to all who wished to come. Then, when the capital