Although 1st of January is the first day of a new year, I personally start the new year aka 2014 on the 2nd. And that's because having a hangover and especially being really tired from celebrating and staying up so late. I didn't really got the New Years Eve feeling, it was rather a party with only more champagne but it was very good. When the countdown started everybody rushed outside and I didn't even notice why that was until I heard everybody yelling outside and by the burst of ONE I was just in time to join them. Oh well, the hugging and kissing was the fun part.