How do you spend your new years?

My wife insists on black eyed peas for good luck on New Year also!

We usually make a toast at midnight, thankful for the blessings we had this year and hoping for the best in the next.

On New Year's day, they often have marathons of tv series. I enjoy a relaxing day watching one of those.

Everything else we vary by spur of the moment each year. Easy to find a good, crazy party and just as easy to stay away and avoid crazy.

 

I celebrated new years when I was younger. Now I just don't care. It's just another day.
I'm not superstitious so I don't have any rituals, and I'm thankful for blessings everyday anyway.

I don't make resolutions because I'm the type of guy that makes any changes for the better whenever I feel I need them.

 

i plan on cleaning my house some, then relaxing with the GF.

 

I'm squarely in the "eh, it's just another night" camp, and don't usually do anything, but I think I'll have some noodles at midnight like Shinji says I should. (Udon OK?)

 

never knew about noodles for new years. might have to steal that tonight, I love noodles!

 

nothing special.. normally with family

 

I'm the same way although I'll probably go to bed early. I'm exhausted in general and burned out.

 

Going to a friend's place. Lots of drinking, merriment and partying. At the stroke of midnight, a bottle of sparkles is opened and everyone is wished a Happy New Year. All of the couples kiss.

 

Chalk another tally on the "just another day... Nothing special" side of the board.

I'll be sleeping when the ball drops (assuming they haven't changed that).

 

Ugh, 3 years ago i would've been out getting hammered, pulling an all-nighter and going to work the next day with 3 monster energy drinks in hand (no seriously, work sucked)

Tonight im drinking with the wife watching SUPERNATURAL while the twins are asleep and the 2-year -old watches Dora the Explorer. Such a sad life i lead

 

Yeahhhhh, tally up another for it's just another day of the year. It was fun yrs back, but these days I don't feel any kind of importance to it anymore. I'm an early bird anyways, so I'm typically knocked out by like 10:30-11:00 PM.

 

You know you made the post at 1:30am? Lol I just got home from partying

 

I stayed sober so my wife could enjoy herself when we went to her friends house. Just a few of us couples hung out and played games. Kids ran around and played. Was nice to do something where it was kid friendly, still able to let loose a little (my wife not me).

 

Mimosas - breakfast of champions!! - while watching the Saints ahead at half.

Plus - last night I snagged the ban on our first spammer this year. BETWEEN party kisses.

Black eyed peas ftw!

Next year, I am going for the ramen!

 

at friend's house to start the fun.. drinking..
then to club to ring in the new year...
kiss from my date..
another friend started a fight..
so, we all left..
back to friends place for some Karaoke..

home at 4:30am..

 

I'd love to say recovering from some redeye, but instead I was recovering from some pinkeye...

 

The wife and I went to a yearly First Night

 

that would be a great here in usa...
i wonder if it will ever catch on here...

 

In years gone by I've spent it by helping the police with their enquiries. This year was rather quiet actually, just went to bed.

 

Yeah. I had company over my house, but I felt bad kicking them out. I just so happened to still be awake, which is an extremely rare occasion. I am very lucky to have never suffered from sleep deprivation.

I am almost jealous that you live in Japan. It's #1 to do (visit Japan) on my bucket list.

EDIT: What makes me sad the most is my extreme allergy to any/all kinds of seafood (with the weird exception of tuna)

 

+1 One of these days, I'll quit my job and spend a few years in Japan teaching English.