How do you celebrate New Year?!

PasturesNew

I'll be sat alone, watching random rubbish on TV and posting random rubbish here.

I might even nod off before midnight and wake up to find it's all over.

New Year's Day I might get up, might not.

If you're on your own and don't like large crowds then the choices are limited.

scottishchick27

We go to our local hall where they have music and you take your own drink and munch. Children are allowed as it is all good clean fun. DD came with us for the first time last year, she's 6, and it was brilliant. We danced the Gay Gordon, the virginia waltz etc and then at the bells we sang Auld Lang's Syne. Doing the same this year. On the 1st, we all go to my granny's and grandas and have a drink with them, usually juice . At night DD goes to stay with my granny & granda and we have a big party. Usually about 30 people turn up and we play games on the wii or dvd games, drink lots of cocktails and basically have a fantastic time. Haven't been in bed before 6am after the 1st January in about 9 years. Even when I was pregnant I was still up getting people up to sing karaoke and listening to the drunken warblings. :eek: Hope everyone has a happy new year. :beer:

Becles

I'll be on my own with my bairns, so I'll probably watch a film and go to bed at normal time. Such excitement

sethsgran

Since the age of 14, now 54!!, we have got together with the same friends usually 6 couples, sometimes more sometimes less. We have a meal at 1 of our homes and we all bring along part of the meal. In the past when younger announcements were always made, engagements marriage babies etc now it grandchildren and who will take early retirement. We go down memory lane every year. We also have fireworks at midnight, sadly one year the families guniea pig died due to the loudness of the fireworks. We usually leave around 1.30 and then stayed up until all our children were home to chat about their evening, very early hours when they got home. Sometimes my kids would then go up to the Cow and Calf, Yorkshire, to see the sunrise or sometimes go to the beach! One year my son went with his girlfriend to a favourite place high up in yorkshire and there he proposed to her. One year 1 of mine came home with a temporary bus stop! We don't drink so my head is still clear the next day. Might sound boring but we always have a fabulous time.

mymatebob

We tend to have no set pattern. We sometimes have friends over or, this year, go to someone's house. One of the great joys of not drinking is being able to drive to get places on Hogmanay as Taxis are like hen's teeth. Mind you I will probably overdose on shortbread

The one thing we always do is get up and go for a nice long walk on the first.

Purple_Sparkles

I'll probably be home alone but I'm not really bothered. For me the new year started with the Winter Solstice as the days are now getting longer and I feel the change in the air.

I'll take care of my animals as lots of people let off fireworks :mad: and most of my animals hate them.

Gosh I sound really boring but to me it's just another day.
To all those of you who love to go out and celebrate have a great time :beer:
and to those of you who'll be at home have a lovely time too

lovemoneysaving

craggs wrote: »

have a good one everyone,,remember its not what you do its just about enjoying yourself..

so true, enjoy yourself everyone :j

Hotspur

This year for a change 12 of us are getting together round mine for a relaxing meal. We've worked out a menu, from canapes to the cheese and biscuits and everyone is making a dish to spread the cost. DJ's for the men and posh frocks for the ladies and we're making an event of it. There will be fizz for midnight and fun and laughter without the stress of going out.

:beer:

princesspoppypop

I`m not a fan of New Year at all, Hubby and I will probs get a pizza and watch DVDs snuggled up at home. I used to go out when I was younger (I`m now 27) but I just can`t be bothered cramming into a pub and waiting ages to be served. I much prefer evenings out at the theatre etc but thats not really an option for new year!

Poppy x

sandy2_2

Here in our village in Spain, all the villagers have a 'bit of a do' in the only local bar. It starts about 11.45pm when the mayor gives us all glasses of cava and another with 12 grapes, Then as the bells chime midnight, the fireworks go off and we drink the cava and try to eat a grape on each chime of the bells..sometimes easier said than done. The cava continues to flow for quite sometime and we all congregate in the bar for more drinks, singing and dancing...last year OH was dancing on the bar with the locals (he's promised he won't repeat it this year :-)) We usually get back to our house about 4am. Despite all the wine flowing freely there is never any trouble.
For New Years day we normally take a drive to the coast for a walk along the beach or up to the mountains to see the snow.
We then look forward to the sales, the parades of the 3 Kings on Jan 5th and another local fiesta on the beach on the 11th.
Christmas celebrations in our area last from beginning of Dec, when the first Christmas lights go up, then 2 bank holidays in Dec, 24th Dec when we have midnight mass and the Spanish peole have their main meal, Christmas Day (relatively quiet), Dec 26 fires on the beaches and sardine BBQs, Dec 27 Chloresterol Fiesta when our village has a BBQ of everthing made from Pork plus entertainment and then New Year.... December is also the month when the oranges are gathered and the last of the black olives picked, so all in all uite busy our here