ItFigures by Cynthia Washam
New Year’s News $1,000
Tax credit for a baby born Dec. 31, 2012
$500
Tax credit for a baby born the next day, or later, under the new tax schedule
2011 and 2012
Birth years of twins Beckett and Freya Humenny, born nearly six hours apart in Minnesota on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day
1929
Year bandleader Guy Lombardo first played Auld Lang Syne on New Year’s Eve, sealing its association with the holiday
1890
Year a group of civic-minded Southern Californians conceived the annual Tournament of Roses New Year’s Day parade
$55 to $90
Cost for reserved seating along the parade route this year
$5
Amount users of the iPhone Gympact app earn or pay every time they keep or break their New Year’s resolution to work out at a gym
851
Average number of days between royal weddings and the birth of the first child, suggest Kate and William will produce Britain’s next royal baby this August 27
$5.99
Typical cost for two impersonal MAM pacifiers
$19.95
Cost for two MAM pacifiers personalized with baby’s name
$89.95
Cost for one cashmere baby johns, available in pink and blue, from Red Envelope Sources: 20SomethingFinance.com, TheFW.com, Infoplease. com, TournamentofRoses.com, SharpSeating.com, Computer Weekly, TIME.com, Amazon.com, MAMBabyPersonalized. com, RedEnvelope.com.
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