Откуда этот вопрос?

What a stupid question.

Откуда этот вопрос?

В жизни не догадаетесь.

Из "Практический курс английского языка. 1 курс" (для ВУЗов)
Name and shame - Под редакцией В.Д.Арканова.
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Рекомендовано Министерством образования и науки РФ.

VIII. Answer the following questions:

1.What traditional holidays in our country do you know?
2.How do you usually see in the New Year?
3. Is there a New Year tree at your place at that time?
4. Where can you see the biggest and the most beautiful New Year tree in Moscow?

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Oh! That’s correct! I didn’t think of that nuance. SEE IN THE NEW YEAR is to spend New Year’s Eve somewhere like a party or dinner or hotel, etc.

что-то вроде to welcome?
(see someone in) to welcome a visitor to a building and take them to where they want to go

Ну тогда это просто "встречать"

Exactly!

Hmmm, wouldn't it be more natural to say ”see the new year in”?

I think it can be both
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/see-in-the-new-year

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=see+the+new+year+in%2C+see+in+the+new+year&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Csee%20the%20new%20year%20in%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Csee%20in%20the%20new%20year%3B%2Cc0#t1%3B%2Csee%20the%20new%20year%20in%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Csee%20in%20the%20new%20year%3B%2Cc0

and yes, I checked randomly the results

SEE IN THE NEW YEAR is best on its own: “ How are you going to see in the new year?” But you can end with IN if there’s more:”This year we saw the new year in with my in-laws.”