# How late did you stay up on New Year's Eve? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770 "2013-01-01T19:39:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/41 "2013-01-02T06:25:54Z")
I went to bed at 9:20, but it was New Year’s Eve, so I figured I could live it up for once! And here I am on New Year’s Day, up until almost 11:30. Going wild in 2013! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/42 "2013-01-02T08:50:48Z")
I’m in California. We watched the ball drop in NYC at 9pm local and then we went to sleep. I had to be up at 0445 today (zero dark early) to drive my son to the airport. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/43 "2013-01-02T08:54:27Z")
> [@Mines\_Mystique](#): > > Please don’t forget that Daddy likes to sleep in sometimes too! Especially when he’s woken up every couple of hours during the night when the 20-month old isn’t sleeping well and still gets up at 6:30 for work. Daddy gets plenty of sleeping in, both days on the weekend and every day so far this holiday… I’m the only one who gets up at night too (although our girls are excellent sleepers) so he owes me big time! Feeling sorry for you though, and you well know what you are about to face, best of luck for the upcoming arrival! ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/44 "2013-01-02T12:28:59Z")
I was asleep by 10:30 after some long driving Monday. The neighbor’s firecrackers woke me up at what had to be midnight, but it was over quickly, and I was back to sleeping like it’s my job. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/45 "2013-01-02T12:33:45Z")
Watched a movie until around 10:30. Went to bed and read until I fell asleep with the light on. My son was at a friend’s home with parents and video games so I was free to relax. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/46 "2013-01-02T13:09:37Z")
Went to bed between 3 and 4. The dogs woke us up at 7, so we didn’t sleep much. Went for a long walk in the woods, came home and made an onion, potato, and goat cheese frittata. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/47 "2013-01-02T13:58:13Z")
About 2am I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Chilliwack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@Chilliwack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chilliwack)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/48 "2013-01-02T14:06:20Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Lights out at 10:21. My husband was having a restless-legs night and I sent him to the guest room at 11:18. Dead sleep till 4:20 when the toddler, who has a cold, needed attention. Fell back to sleep myself around 6, woke up at 8:30. > > To attempt to stay up till midnight would be foolhardy, in my case. Are you my wife? ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/49 "2013-01-02T14:36:57Z")
Around five a.m. But that’s common with me when I don’t have to get up the next day at six a.m. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/50 "2013-01-02T14:40:17Z")
I had my lights out around 11:20, and remember hoping that I drifted off early so that if there was a neighborhood cheer around midnight it wouldn’t disturb me. I don’t remember any cheer, or anything else around midnight. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/51 "2013-01-02T17:00:00Z")
Fell asleep around 9 pm–about the usual, since I have to be around 6 even on days off. I expected to be briefly awake at midnight when some of the neighbors start shouting “Happy New Year!”, honking car horns and maybe setting off a firecracker or two, like they do every year. But if they did that this year, I must have slept through it. The next time I opened my eyes, it was nearly 2 am. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/52 "2013-01-02T18:38:20Z")
Went to bed at around 5pm, got up for a “bed picnic” (Chinese food delivered) at around 8, back in bed at around 9 to watch a movie where we both struggled to stay awake. Up and alert at 11:30 to watch TV, fell asleep at around 12:15. Up again at 9, finally had breakfast at 2:30 pm. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/53 "2013-01-03T10:07:11Z")
As usual watched hopefully that the London Eye would break loose from its moorings and go spinning down the Thames like an enormous Catherine Wheel. Maybe next year. Then faffed about until after 2am or so. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/54 "2013-01-03T12:26:17Z")
Had a nice meal cooked by Mrs C, and polished off a bottle of champagne and most of a bottle of red between us. Went to sleep about 1.30am and got woken up by C Minor (16 months) at 5am. Then went to work for a 12-hour shift ☹ ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770/55 "2013-01-03T14:34:27Z")
I was at an awesome house party with some friends and we must have been up until at least 3 a.m. or so before we nodded off. We woke up again around 5:30 for the people who had been waiting for the first metro. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-late-did-you-stay-up-on-new-years-eve/645770.md?page=2)