
Fun Facts about New Year’s Eve:
- The first New Year’s was celebrated back in the Roman Empire some 4,000 years ago
- The top American resolutions are
- Lose weight
- Get organized
- Spend less & save more
- Stay fit & healthy
- Quit smoking
- 25% of resolutions are given up by the second week of January
- The Times Square New Years Eve ball weighs 11,875 pounds and is covered in 2,688 crystals and is lit by 32,000 LED lights
- American drinks close to 360 million bottles of champagne during the New Years celebration
Fun facts about Champagne:
- The bubbles in a champagne bottle come from a second fermentation process that creates carbon dioxide
- The loud pop when a bottle is opened is due to the immense pressure inside the small bottle, all those bubbles!
- Every day at 11am Winston Churchill was served Champagne
- According to research champagne can help prevent memory loss associated with aging . . . cheers to that!
This New Year’s Eve may look a little different, but you can still celebrate (socially distanced of course) with a bottle of champagne!
Pop the cork, start the count down, and ring in the New Year!
By: Amanda Overy, Marketing Intern