# Anyone know of any good New Year's parties?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-of-any-good-new-years-parties/475682>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 4, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-of-any-good-new-years-parties/475682 "2008-12-04T15:28:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-of-any-good-new-years-parties/475682/1 "2008-12-04T15:28:16Z")

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I always seem to leave this to the last minute and miss out on some fun things as a result. Some friends were recently asking so figured I’d ask here given this new, spiffy section of the SDMB! 🙂

Personally I am not interested in some over priced meal at a hotel for a “free” glass of champagne at midnight and a noise maker. That said though no need to limit your ideas. If it is a particularly nice hotel and spiffy noise maker feel free to mention it.

ETA: Oh yeah…FIRST! 😉 (well second but the Board admin doesn’t count for this IMO)

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-of-any-good-new-years-parties/475682/2 "2008-12-04T15:32:34Z")

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Well, you can come to my house. 😛

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**Author:** ![Valerieblaise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Valerieblaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valerieblaise)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-of-any-good-new-years-parties/475682/3 "2008-12-05T08:06:08Z")

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For the past few years I’ve bundled up and gone down to Buckingham Fountain to watch the fireworks. It’s pretty low-key - not THAT many people want to be outside in Chicago in the wintertime, and it’s over just after midnight - but it’s a good time.

Of course, if the weather is REALLY bad, they cancel it - so that’s something to look out for.