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- Baby_New_Year abstract "The Baby New Year is a personification of the start of the New Year commonly seen in editorial cartoons. He symbolizes the "birth" of the next year and the "passing" of the prior year; in other words, a "rebirth". Baby New Year's purpose varies by myth, but he generally performs some sort of ceremonial duty over the course of his year such as chronicling the year's events or presiding over the year as a symbol.The myth most associated with him is that he is a baby at the beginning of his year, but Baby New Year quickly ages until he is elderly (like Father Time, with whom he is often associated) at the end of his year. Very rarely is the Baby New Year depicted as any age other than a baby or as a very old man. Some stories, especially those with depictions of years past, will have him bear a strong likeness to key events in his time. At this point, he hands over his duties to the next Baby New Year, while he either dies or remains in this state and retires.The stereotypical representation of Baby New Year is as a male infant wearing nothing more than a diaper, a top hat and a sash across his torso that shows the year he is representing (e.g. 2013). He is sometimes depicted holding or associated with an hourglass, a noisemaker, or other item either pertaining to time or New Year's Day festivities. Often, he is not a complete newborn but instead more closely resembles a toddler, because he is frequently shown standing on his own, crawling or barely walking, or having a small amount of (usually blond) hair.In addition to being a mythical figure, the title of "Baby New Year" is sometimes given to living people. The first baby born in any village or city in a certain year may be honored by being labeled as the official Baby New Year for that year. The official Baby New Year can be male or female, even though the mythical Baby New Year is nearly always male. Attempts to name an official Baby New Year for an entire country have sometimes been made, but generally there are multiple contenders and no single Baby New Year can be confirmed. There has however been a great deal of several who have come close.".
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- Baby_New_Year hasPhotoCollection Baby_New_Year.
- Baby_New_Year subject Category:Holiday_characters.
- Baby_New_Year subject Category:New_Year_celebrations.
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- Baby_New_Year type YagoPermanentlyLocatedEntity.
- Baby_New_Year comment "The Baby New Year is a personification of the start of the New Year commonly seen in editorial cartoons. He symbolizes the "birth" of the next year and the "passing" of the prior year; in other words, a "rebirth".".
- Baby_New_Year label "Baby New Year".
- Baby_New_Year label "Dziecko Nowy Rok".
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- Baby_New_Year depiction Father_time_7765.jpg.
- Baby_New_Year isPrimaryTopicOf Baby_New_Year.