What's Up for New Years?

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SifuPhil

R.I.P. With Us In Spirit Only
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Do you have a ritual for celebrating New Years? Do you go somewhere and party, or just stay home?

When I lived in NYC I was crazy enough to actually think going to see the ball drop was fun.

Now I just see it as a medical condition. :eek:

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We normally go out dancing :banana: normally don't get home untill about 3 Am..and you can bet your last dollar we will get picked up by the police in our small town of about 4000 people, and tested for drugs and booze ....I don't drink at all ..We don't have alcohol at the dances we attend and the strongest drugs we both may take on the day are Panadol
 
I like to stay home on New Years except for the times we were staying at a hotel in Vegas. Those were my favorite New Years. Usually we either go to a town about 35 miles from here and spend the night with our x-daughter-in-law or she comes up here to spend the night. This year I hope the cold or wet weather doesn't interfere with our plans. Our youngest son and his wife are coming up from LA for a couple nights, his x-wife is coming from a nearby town and our 22 year old grandson and his new wife, our oldest son's x wife (they got divorced about 15 years ago) and our 21 year old grandson are coming down from further up in the mountains, and my brother and husband will all be here too of course. We all plan to be outside at the fire. My brother and I each own a travel trailer so hopefully there will be room for everyone to crash here. There are a couple other relatives that might decide to come over too. We all love to sit at night out by our fire and this year my brother and son will be cooking something in the fire pit too. The fire pit is built into the ground in a cement culvert. There are 2 other grill fire thingies where we sit around the fire and talk and roast hotdogs etc. Anyway, so for once we are hoping for no rain. :)
 

I have one Vodka and something (preferably grapefruit juice, but I'll go with Koolaid if necessary), and toast in the new year at midnight. That's it. It has become a ritual.
 
Oh, the bye gone days of dressing up and going to dinner and dancing with anywhere from 8 to 12 couples... after that it devolved to a dinner party at our house for a few couples, then still dinner at our house with one other couple, then the same couple after that but in our pajamas and robes.

After the divorces, New Years Eve became just another night but a little special still, since I got my grandsons for the night.

Now, it truly is, just another night and that doesn't matter at all.
 
New Years is hubby's birthday, he gets his presents and we make dips and finger food. Kind of munch till midnight topped off with a rum birthday cake. Same cake and same bakery for maybe the last 40 years.
 
I like a simple New Year's Eve. We will either go out for an early dinner or fix some pasta and relax with some movies. I don't care if I'm awake at midnight or not...but doggie will hear the inevitable firecrackers and wake up up..lol

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Interesting how New Years is so often celebrated low-key - maybe everyone is recovering from Christmas?

They should move New Years to a month like August, when there isn't much going on.
 
We go to a small family get-together every New Year's Eve, mostly consisting of food, drink and B.S. Home by 10:00 and maybe see the New Year come in, if the wife decides to turn on the TV and watch a movie while we are in bed. Otherwise, it's lights out. I miss "Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve." He always had some pretty good performers on.
 
What if New Years, unlike Santa, only comes if we stay up?

Those of us who fall asleep will be locked in the old year for another 365 days ... after all, we can't be sure it came. :eek:
 
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