Definition of new_years_eve

(Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)

It was at that party that , finally overcoming my timidity , inspired by tales only half understood and overheard among older boys , I asked Jessie to spend New_Year's_Eve with me .

When in one letter Jessica informed me that her father did not like the idea of her going_out alone on New_Year's_Eve , I knew for a moment an immense relief ; but the letter went_on : she had cried , she had implored , she had been miserable at his refusal , and finally he had relented - and now how happy she was , how expectant !

(Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)

You 've been away from home for the New_Year festivities , but now the party is over and you come home .