Times Square is a sad place.
That is why now they have what is called “The First Night” gatherings, so as to make New Year’s Eve much more “family oriented”.
I think it is the holiday where you have the best chance of casual sex with a complete stranger.
So yeah, it could be considered the worst holiday.
I got arrested and beaten by the LAPD one New Years Eve (actually early New Years Day). I smashed my VW into a telephone pole attempting to elude the police. I was drunk and ready to fight so the cops beat me down. Many, many hours later I was processed into LA County Jail. What a hellhole!
I’m 34 and will be fast asleep when midnight rolls around. This isn’t a holiday for me. It’s more just another few days off from work to catch up on real world necessities before going back to the weekly work grind.
W.C. Fields called it “amateur night” and abhorred it.
NYE is a dangerous night. Too many drunks. Too expensive. I haven’t seen 12:00am on NYE for 10 years. I don’t feel like I’ve missed a thing.
No, it isn’t. My dad was born on New Year’s Eve and I am very thankful.
We always had big family parties New Years Eve, large Italian buffet made by my Mother and Sisters. When I was a kid, my parents would watch Guy Lombardo, boring to say the least. They would always comment, when they saw a young girl dance by the TV camera with an old man, “I hope his wife isn’t watching. I was too young to know what they meant; but eventually figured it out.
My wife and I go to an early dinner and then home. Now that we are in the Houston area I don’t like being out among the populace. Traffic sucks bad enough without festivities going on.
What about the sucess of the “family oriented” First Night celibrations?
New Year’s Eve isn’t a holiday.
Our priest said that when he got to heaven he would ask God why, after all the celebration at Christmas there was another Holy Day of Obligation a few days later so heads up Catholic freepers, either this evening or tomorrow morning, go to Mass. A good way to start the New Year. It’s the Solemnity of Mary.
35 years ago today I was in labor and before midnight, my second child was born. We used to have a double party and the kids were in the basement with bubbly grape juice and silly string and at midnight we all were on the deck shooting off fireworks. Now Mr. Mercat and I fight to stay up to see the ball drop in NY and then go to bed. I usually do wake up at midnight though since there are lots of fireworks and even cannon going off.
It’s Amateur Night
We pretty much ignore New Years Eve, always have. New Year’s Day is another matter. We cook up a ham or pot roast and have the kids over to watch bowl games. SIL brings over a couple of bottles of his home brew.
Tonight, my family is going to walk across the street and play games until midnight with some of our neighbors.
Fun. But not a big deal.
Halloween is the worst
NYE has always been a firefight. Nothing but guns going off.
Makes me think I never got back from al-Anbar.
Locked doors, explosions going off, puppy shivering next to me, wondering if it’s him or me.
The way I look at it, it’s a great excuse for a day off on New Years Day. New Year’s Eve? Fuhgedaboudit.
My father passed away on New Years Eve a couple of years ago so it is different now then it used to be.
I’ve shared that experience at Disney World - the Latinos and Blacks were pushing to the front of the lines in large packs. I was with my sister, a teacher.
Three may have gotten through before she locked her hands on the line rails and stopped the soul train. They tried to break through her grip - not a chance.
Then she started the whisper down the lane trick and the ride guy tossed the violators out of the line after they had waited and finally made it to the gate. Teachers run the circus of life - both within and outside the classroom. But that was the last time we went to Disney World.
As for New Year’s Eve, I am allergic to booze so we go to a few parties and come home early for goal setting. I’m as fun as a barrel of monkeys on New Years Eve. : )