The New Year’s celebration is an age-old tradition in Thailand. This evident from the memoir of Father De Choisi of France who served in Thailand as assistant of the French envoy from 1684 – 1686 during the reign of King Narai the Great. He cited how the people decorated their residences on the occasion and how officials offered blessings to His Majesty the King in the Royal palace. (Public Relations Department, 1968 : 52)