# 1/1/11 - New Year's Eve Plans? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 6, 2010, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-1-11-new-years-eve-plans/563128 "2010-12-06T08:20:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RainGrowsBrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@RainGrowsBrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RainGrowsBrite)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-1-11-new-years-eve-plans/563128/41 "2010-12-10T00:11:57Z")
> [@MegaBee](#): > > My friends and I rent a local bar for NYE. Well drinks, finger foods, and champagne for the midnight toast are all included in the cost. People make their own music sets and take turns as DJ for an hour or so each until PA law requires the bar to close at 2 AM, then it’s off to the hotel for the afterparty. > > NYE fucking rules. I’m with you! 🆒 BUT i’m pregnant this year, and my husband will be working so Its gonna be HBO’s Bette Midler NYE special for me! ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-1-11-new-years-eve-plans/563128/42 "2010-12-10T15:59:40Z")
We’ll have some family over on NYE with a “heavy hors d’oeuvres / light dinner” sort of buffet. We’ll probably be playing dominos much of the night, champagne toast at midnight, and everyone will leave by 12:20 AM, just like they did last year. Once they’re gone, we’ll probably be in bed by 12:30. Nobody gets sick and everyone’s home before the amateur drunks\* hit the road. - I’m from Chicago, where NYE is amateur night. The professional-level drinking is on St. Patty’s Day. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-1-11-new-years-eve-plans/563128/43 "2010-12-10T18:07:25Z")
> [@RainGrowsBrite](#): > > …Its gonna be HBO’s Bette Midler NYE special for me! New show?! That will be worth watching! Thanks for the tip! ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-1-11-new-years-eve-plans/563128/44 "2010-12-10T21:02:54Z")
My wife and I will likely put in an appearance at my sister’s annual shindig and then ring in midnight by ourselves at home. Then I have a client’s holiday dinner party to cook for New Year’s night. The joys of being a private chef. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-1-11-new-years-eve-plans/563128/45 "2010-12-11T00:14:48Z")
I’ve been the sober driver for about the last decade. No reason to stop now. ---
**Author:** ![Tracyfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f14d63/32.png) [@Tracyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracyfish)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-1-11-new-years-eve-plans/563128/46 "2010-12-11T03:19:22Z")
I now have plans to go to **Queen Tonya** ’s house for New Year’s Eve. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-1-11-new-years-eve-plans/563128/47 "2010-12-11T04:26:57Z")
I will be in Tunica, MS. Mostly at a poker table. ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2010, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-1-11-new-years-eve-plans/563128/48 "2010-12-11T11:46:34Z")
I suspect **Cunctator** lives closer to Sydney Harbour than I do, but I’m going to climb the top of the hill at the park at the end of the road and watch the fireworks (without having to deal with crowds, drunks and heat all at the same time.) Possibly I will have a little cider or maybe some nice wine. Then I will trundle off to bed. ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-1-11-new-years-eve-plans/563128/49 "2010-12-13T10:56:22Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > You win the thread as far as I’m concerned 😉 Thank you, I am _very_ excited! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-1-11-new-years-eve-plans/563128.md?page=2)