New Years Celebrations?

[breoni]

Howdy!

Normally on New Years, my hubby and I like to go see a movie at the theater. However, we are seeing a lot of upticks in COVID cases this year, so we're planning on just staying home. I'm wondering how others celebrate the New Years, and hoping to get some ideas for some stay-at-home things we can do (just the two of us) to ring in the New Year. How do you celebrate? Do you have special traditions or menu items? Thanks!

 

[LivyBug]

I don't think I'll be going on out on NYE for the same!

At home, we order Chinese take out and watch the ball drop on TV. Some years we'll light some lowkey fireworks. I'm not a huge New Year's celebrator!

 

[breoni]

Thanks, Olivia... yes, we will sometimes watch the ball drop on TV. Luckily, we're in the Central time zone, so it will drop at 11 p.m. (which is good since I go to bed early most nights... ha). I like the idea about ordering Chinese. Maybe we could find a good movie on one of the thousands of streaming services out there! LOL!!!

 

[AJsRandom]

It's just me, alone this year, as hubby and child are off to the Rose Parade and other fun stuff. I'll probably go out for lunch tomorrow and maybe do some shopping, but at night I'll just binge Gilmore Girls and have leftover Christmas goodies. I probably won't bother with the ball dropping thing, since I like being in bed by 11 (I am in central time zone too, Breoni).

 

[JillW]

We haven't celebrated NYE for many years! I always think I'll tough it out and stay up, but that never seems to happen!
I wonder how many people's plans will have changed do to Covid ...

 

[mom2triplets04]

Chinese take out for us. This year we are going to my sister-in-laws as long as everyone is healthy. We have a puppy so we will put her in her crate at 9:30 and head over to my sister-in-laws. We play card games and eat appitizers and desserts.

last year we stayed home.

 

[anzjoy]

I hope all your New Year's celebrations were wonderful... be it party out or staying home. We enjoyed having one of my daughters who lives in town, over with her family. Had a simple comfort food dinner. (We don't have any specific traditional food for New Years Eve) It was beans and ham, with rice and cornmuffins. And we had Christmas cookies for dessert. (I used the ham bone from Christmas Dinner).

After dinner we played games with them, and then they went home, and the 4 of us left, watched a movie til midnight.

New Years Day this year, we went to my daughter's house to celebrate my grandson's 9th birthday. He turned 9 on the 28th, but because of my daughter's work schedule we waited to celebrate Saturday.

All in all it was a nice quiet, uneventful New Years!

When we lived in Ecuador, we would make an "old man" to represent the "old year"... and he would get burned at midnight. My kids always enjoyed the process. There were very elaborate paper maiche ones you could purchase, but we always had fun making our own. That is one tradition I miss since moving back to the US, 4 years ago. But, my 3 at home are mostly grown and about the fly the coop, so it is time to change it up.

Happy New Year, Everyone!! Praying for a year full of peace and joy.

 

[breoni]

How was the Rose Parade experience for your family?

It's just me, alone this year, as hubby and child are off to the Rose Parade and other fun stuff. I'll probably go out for lunch tomorrow and maybe do some shopping, but at night I'll just binge Gilmore Girls and have leftover Christmas goodies. I probably won't bother with the ball dropping thing, since I like being in bed by 11 (I am in central time zone too, Breoni).

 

[AJsRandom]

How was the Rose Parade experience for your family?

My husband and child had a great time! They got to visit Universal Studios, Disneyland, and Hollywood. They got to perform their show one last time, in the rain LOL. They also got to go to the beach and to the observatory there. Most everyone made it through the whole length of the parade (5.5 miles) and they were glad when it was over.