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Good Riddance Day

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Good Riddance Day
Jonathan Bennett hosting Good Riddance Day 2024
Significancecelebrating the departure of unwanted memories
DateDecember 28
Next timeDecember 28, 2025 (2025-12-28)
FrequencyAnnual
First time2007
Started byTimes Square Alliance
Related toNew Year's Eve

Good Riddance Day is an unofficial holiday in New York City's Times Square celebrating the departure of unwanted memories, observed on December 28 since 2007. It was created by the Times Square Alliance.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Lewis, Danny (December 28, 2016). "2016 Got You Down? Trash All Your Woes on Good Riddance Day". Smithsonian. Archived from the original on January 10, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  2. ^ Keogh, Elizabeth; McShane, Larry (December 28, 2016). "Hundreds celebrate 'Good Riddance Day' in Times Square". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on January 10, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  3. ^ Gabbatt, Adam (December 29, 2016). "'Good riddance day': an airing of 2016's grievances is thrown in the shredder". The Guardian. Archived from the original on January 10, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2017.