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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Dec 26, 2015 15:19:43 GMT
Okay, Christmas is past.
What are you doing for New Year's Eve?
Well, I'm pretty sure it'll be just me & my kids. I'd love to do something fun, but they're not really into it. I love to do the whole photo backgrounds, fun props, big treat spread. They're very do-their-own-thing.
(Honestly, I wish I was invited somewhere, but that doesn't happen, so....)
Tell me about what you are doing for New Year's Eve.
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Post by YooHoot on Dec 26, 2015 15:21:08 GMT
Dinner, in bed by 10.
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Post by pmm on Dec 26, 2015 15:22:59 GMT
I'm going with a friend to see live music.
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Dec 26, 2015 15:25:47 GMT
Bed by 10pm probably
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Post by anniebeth24 on Dec 26, 2015 15:29:55 GMT
I haven't really looked forward to New Year's Eve with great expectations in the past, but this year, it's College Football Playoff day!!! Can't wait to watch my MSU Spartans play Alabama.
There's the Clemson/Oklahoma game at 4:00 and then MSU plays at 8:00. We'll have tons of snacks and treats, a few family members coming over to watch, too.
GO GREEN!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2015 15:31:07 GMT
Jammies on, cup of Earl Grey (hot!) and in bed with a book. I stopped going out on New Years Eve a few years ago, I don't enjoy the crowds or the ridiculous reaction to midnight anymore.
ETA I realise with that post I've just crossed the threshold in to boring old fartdom.
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Post by Rainy_Day_Woman on Dec 26, 2015 15:36:58 GMT
My husband's friend lives in our building and he is having a small party. I think my daughter is going to my mom's, but I will have our 9 month old, so I will probably just pop in for an hour then come home, watch a movie and drink tea. And then laugh at my husband when he stumbles in tipsy.
His friend and him are both "beer connoisseurs" and it usually spells trouble when they get together.
"Try this microbrew" and "No, try this one, it's hoppier" and "I really like the oak finish on this IPA" very quickly becomes "check out this... beer. It tastes like... beer! WHooooooooo! BEER!!!!!!"
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Post by stargazer on Dec 26, 2015 15:42:07 GMT
My two best girlfriends are coming with their families. We'll have 6 adults & 5 kids aged between 7&17! All kids get on & love each other, we have games, food & drinks. My girlfriends & I will cry with laughter & 2 out of 3 OHs will too, the 3rd is anybody's guess!
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Post by Kerri W on Dec 26, 2015 15:43:02 GMT
My boss has a New Year's party every year. (Very small, laid back office of five people-I would never participate in DH's more corporate environment like this) He said Wednesday he hadn't sent out invites yet, but I'm sure we'll be invited. They are incredibly social people and hanging out at their house is a blast! Kids, dogs, everybody welcome. It'll be a fun time. The most stressful part is they're a bunch of foodies and I'm never quite sure what appetizer to take.
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Post by paperaddictedpea on Dec 26, 2015 15:47:37 GMT
My plan is appetizers and wine, consumed on the couch while wearing pajamas and watching Netflix! The last few days have been fun but really hectic, so I'm looking forward to a very relaxed New Years.
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Post by tuesdaysgone on Dec 26, 2015 15:51:43 GMT
DH and I have to take family members to the airport and then we'll do lunch in Atlanta. That night we'll be home, eating pizza and watching football. Our days of staying out late to party on New Year's Eve are in the distant past.
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Post by Darcy Collins on Dec 26, 2015 16:08:23 GMT
Party!! Christmas is all about family, New Year's is our chance to have fun with friends. We'll have 20-30 over - I'm hoping the tree makes it - it's looking sad.
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Post by BarbaraUK on Dec 26, 2015 16:10:13 GMT
New Years Eve and Day will be our family Christmas get together because of people having to work over Christmas.  |
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Post by Karmady on Dec 26, 2015 16:14:54 GMT
We will be at home with the family. Not sure if my 19 year old will be here. She'll probably be out with friends. I think we are going to have ribs, watch movies and drink wine It's our 22nd Anniversary as well. I don't like to be out on the roads. Too many idiots drinking and driving. It just takes one idiot. |
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Post by danceswithtrolls on Dec 26, 2015 16:25:31 GMT
I'll be celebrating in California with my mom. She has always wanted to see the rose bowl parade in person so I surprised her with a trip to Pasadena.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Dec 26, 2015 16:25:50 GMT
I don't like to be out on the roads. Too many idiots drinking and driving. It just takes one idiot. I agree. I have no plans to be out driving. |
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Dec 26, 2015 16:26:29 GMT
My husband, our 14 y/o, me, and my mama are getting together with a group of friends for an oyster roast & Frogmore stew with a huge screen TV to watch college football.
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Post by cindyupnorth on Dec 26, 2015 16:46:43 GMT
We have stayed in the last 10 yrs with our girls. We usually do seafood, crab legs, shrimp, lobster if I can find it at a good price. Then we play games, watch a movie, and watch the ball drop and go to bed. Pretty exciting. It's nice though being together.
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Post by scrapmaven on Dec 26, 2015 16:52:01 GMT
Merriment, mayhem and lampshades on the head. The usual.  Not really. We usually watch a movie via Netflix and I'll be in bed by 10pm. We avoid the drunks and stay home. |
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Post by styxgirl on Dec 26, 2015 17:06:05 GMT
We've gone out to a friend's house that lived about 30 minutes away from us. This year, we've invited everyone over to our place. I love NOT getting out but being surrounded by friends!
We do potluck where everyone brings some food and their own beverages.
I usually make bierocks, the ham and cheese "party" sandwiches I learned about from the Peas, home-made beef summer sausage and a cheese ball.
We also have a couple of friends that go crazy for my cinnamon Christmas candy. So I make them a special batch, just for themselves! ;-)
Happy New Year!
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Post by Nanner on Dec 26, 2015 17:13:21 GMT
DD leaves for home that morning. DH works that day. I will set up a fondue for dinner for DH and I that night, and I'm sure I'll be in bed long before midnight!
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Post by peasapie on Dec 26, 2015 17:33:05 GMT
In my first life I was married to a musician and spent way too many New Year's Eves in places where there were a lot of drunken strangers groping each other - and me - at midnight, while he was on stage with the band. I had enough of New Year's Eves out in public for a lifetime.
We like to go out for an early dinner and then watch movies, drink champagne, eat pigs in blankets, and go to bed at 12:15.
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Post by compeateropeator on Dec 26, 2015 17:34:35 GMT
I am working. But the good thing is I can walk outside my building and see my city's first night fireworks, both the 7pm ones and then the ones at midnight. I love fireworks and I am pretty sure that I wouldn't venture into downtown to watch them if I didn't have to work...so that is my silver lining since I am unable to attend my friend's fun party.  |
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Post by tincin on Dec 26, 2015 18:06:21 GMT
Early dinner reservations with some friends and then home to relax. As my son says, NYE is the night all the people who don't normally drink are out drinking, why take the chance.
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Post by smartypants71 on Dec 26, 2015 18:41:11 GMT
We are going to a New Year's Eve party at a cool restaurant that our friends own. It's a 60s theme, and there will be a 4 course dinner, strolling trio during dinner, a dj afterwards, a midnight toast and after hours snacks. I can't wait!
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Post by CarolT on Dec 26, 2015 18:47:29 GMT
Either EPCOT or Magic Kingdom for us... I love holiday fireworks at WDW!
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Post by J u l e e on Dec 26, 2015 18:55:17 GMT
The three of us always go snowboarding on New Years Eve, with fireworks at midnight and the slopes open until 2:00. This year there is no snow and the temperatures have been so warm they can't even make snow and keep it. We're going to have to think of something else. I am so sad.
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Post by padresfan619 on Dec 26, 2015 18:57:00 GMT
A coworker and his wife just moved into their first home and they are having a party. They live within reasonable walking distance of us so we will go and not have to worry about having a designated driver or finding a cab!
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Post by Scrapper100 on Dec 26, 2015 19:11:34 GMT
Not sure exactly what we will be doing but planning on staying in and avoiding the drunks on the road. It just isn't worth it and we aren't into loud venues anyways. I am thinking appetizers and wine/beer and hoping for a few games and maybe something on netflix or DVD.
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Post by mom on Dec 26, 2015 19:25:58 GMT
A friend is having a party but not sure we will go since our boys will be home (they've been with their dad). I maybe try to convince them to have friends over + have a small get together.
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