# POLL: Is it "Ring in the New Year" or "Bring in the New Year"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 31, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ring-in-the-new-year-or-bring-in-the-new-year/337852 "2005-12-31T15:09:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ring-in-the-new-year-or-bring-in-the-new-year/337852/1 "2005-12-31T15:09:25Z")
I’ve heard it both ways. Which one do you use? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ring-in-the-new-year-or-bring-in-the-new-year/337852/2 "2005-12-31T15:11:03Z")
GoogleFight Results: “Ring In the New Year” - 905,000 - winner “Bring in the New Year” = 168,000 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ring-in-the-new-year-or-bring-in-the-new-year/337852/3 "2005-12-31T15:34:39Z")
Well I have heard it both ways, but I have usually heard it as “Ring in the New Year.” ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ring-in-the-new-year-or-bring-in-the-new-year/337852/4 "2005-12-31T16:00:10Z")
Ring in the New Year. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ring-in-the-new-year-or-bring-in-the-new-year/337852/5 "2005-12-31T16:15:44Z")
Ring in the New Year. We gather to “ring” it in, as in to celebrate it. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ring-in-the-new-year-or-bring-in-the-new-year/337852/6 "2005-12-31T18:03:25Z")
I have always heard “Ring in the New Year”. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ring-in-the-new-year-or-bring-in-the-new-year/337852/7 "2005-12-31T18:40:21Z")
Bring in the New Year. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ring-in-the-new-year-or-bring-in-the-new-year/337852/8 "2005-12-31T23:04:58Z")
\*Ring in \* - as with church bells announcing the start of the new year from midnight. That’s what we did last night just after we’d sung a _Te Deum_. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ring-in-the-new-year-or-bring-in-the-new-year/337852/9 "2006-01-01T00:43:02Z")
To quote Wadsworth in the movie Clue: Either. Or both. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ring-in-the-new-year-or-bring-in-the-new-year/337852/10 "2006-01-01T01:29:07Z")
Just to add to my earlier post: I think you’ll find it’s mainly mentioned in Scots tradition to _bring in_ the New Year. Alternatively, there’s “seeing in” the New Year, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ring-in-the-new-year-or-bring-in-the-new-year/337852/11 "2006-01-01T12:19:26Z")
I used to ring church bells, as did my mother. For me, it’s “Ring in the New Year.” CJ ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ring-in-the-new-year-or-bring-in-the-new-year/337852/12 "2006-01-02T03:44:19Z")
Yet another vote for “Ring in the New Year” ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ring-in-the-new-year-or-bring-in-the-new-year/337852/13 "2006-01-02T06:26:04Z")
[Ring out the old, ring in the new](http://home.att.net/~TennysonPoetry/106.htm).