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📜Today, New Year’s in America is a global show — Times Square, fireworks, and millions of viewers. But for much of American history, the New Year was not a celebration at all.
In this documentary, we look at how America welcomed January 1 during its most difficult eras:
• the early 1800s, when survival mattered more than hope
• the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918–1919
• the Great Depression of the 1930s
• World War II blackouts and rationing
• Cold War fear and political crisis
By comparing these moments to the modern New Year, we see how America changed — and how fear, crisis, and uncertainty shaped the nation long before the fireworks began.

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00:00 Intro
00:44 1800s — New Year Without a Holiday
01:54 1919 – New Year's Eve during an Epidemic
04:34 1930s – New Year's Eve During the Great Depression
06:59 1940s – New Year's Eve in the Middle of War and Blackouts
09:35 Critical Januaries
10:48 When the New Year Became a Show