The first month hosts many events associated with welcoming in the New Year and ensuring prosperity in the months to come. Fire, feasts and wassailing help to brighten the long nights and remind us of lighter times ahead.
Some events take place on exactly the same date every year, regardless of which day of the week they fall upon. The following table shows events which are fixed in this way:
| Day | Event | Article |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrews Dole |  |
| 1 | First Footing | |
| 1 | Kirkwall Ba | |
| 1 | Lanark Het Pint | |
| 1 | London New Years Day Parade | |
| 1 | Mapleton Bridge Jump | |
| 1 | New Years Day Celebrations | |
| 1 | New Years Day Dip | |
| 1 | Ponteland Wheelbarrow Race | |
| 1 | Winsbury Dole | |
| 5 | Curry Rivel Wassail and Ashen Faggot | |
| 6 | Baddely Cake | |
| 6 | Bodmin Wassailing | |
| 6 | Guildford Twelfth Night Wassail | |
| 6 | Haxey Hood | |
| 6 | Laymore Burning the Ashen Faggot | |
| 11 | Burghead Burning the Clavie | |
| 13 | Llangynwyd Mari Lwyd | |
| 17 | Carhampton Wassailing | |
| 25 | Burns Night | |
| 29 | Peterborough Katharine of Aragon Festival | |
| 30 | Whitehall Charles I Commemoration | |
Some event dates differ from year to year in order for them to fall on a weekend or during a particular week of the year, for example the 3rd week in January. The following table shows events where dates may vary in this manner:
| Date | Event | Article |
|---|---|---|
| Late December to mid-January | Wassailing | |
| Most of Month | Pantomime | |
| January or February | London Trial of the Pyx | |
| 1st trading day in year | Driffield Penny Scramble | |
| Saturday early in Month | Queen's College Needle & Thread Gaudy | |
| 1st Saturday | Bolney Apple Howling | |
| 1st Saturday | Muskham Pinkies Plough Play | |
| Sunday early in month | Durham Plough Sunday | |
| Monday early in Month | Hubberholme Parliament Land Letting | |
| Near 6th | London Bankside Twelfth Night Celebrations | |
| Saturday near 6th | Sherwood Twelfth Night & Fools Parade | |
| Saturday near 6th | Much Marcle Wassail | |
| Saturday nearest 6th | Waldron Wassail | |
| 6th (if a Sunday) or Sunday following | Margate Blessing the Seas | |
| Sunday after 6th | Blessing the River Thames | |
| Monday after 6th | Northwold Plough Monday Procession | |
| Monday after 6th | Plough Monday | |
| Monday after 6th | Ramsey Straw Bear | |
| Thursday, Friday & Saturday early to mid Month | Calverton Plough Play | |
| Saturday early to mid Month | Coleby Plough Jag | |
| Saturday early to mid Month | Hinckley Bullockers | |
| Weekend early to mid month | Nottingham Plough Play & Dancing | |
| Sunday early to Mid Month | Morton Plough Sunday | |
| Sunday early to mid Month | Pickering Road Community Orchard Wassail | |
| 2nd Saturday in Month | Llandysul Calan Hen | |
| 2nd Saturday in Month | Stroud Wassail | |
| Saturday mid Month | Goathland Plough Stots | |
| Saturday mid Month | St Nicholas at Wade Bell Inn Wassail | |
| Sunday mid Month | Coventry Wassail | |
| Sunday mid Month | Ovingham Community Orchard Wassail | |
| Mid Month Weekend | Chepstow Wassail and Mari Llwyd | |
| Mid Month Weekend | Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival | |
| 3rd Thursday of month | Shave Cross Inn Ash Faggot | |
| Saturday nearest 17th | Falkirk Battle Commemoration 1746 | |
| Sunday before 25th | Selkirk Haggis Hunt | |
| 21 (earliest possible date) | Lunar New Year | |
| Saturday nearest 25th | Nantwich Holly Holy Day | |
| Last Tuesday | Lerwick Up Helly Aa | |