# What Are Your New Year's Eve Plans? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 27, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-eve-plans/607555 "2011-12-27T19:32:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-eve-plans/607555/21 "2011-12-28T02:00:58Z")
Celebrating the 21st anniversary of my first date with **Suburban Plankton** …mostly by staying home and playing games with him and **Ledzepkid** and watching the ball drop on TV. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-eve-plans/607555/22 "2011-12-28T02:16:18Z")
We’re grabbing Chinese take-out around 5pm, then hunkering down out of the line of fire to await the new year. Which means I’ll probably be in bed by 10pm. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-eve-plans/607555/23 "2011-12-28T02:31:50Z")
We’ll stay home this year (for the first time in ages) and plan to hold a **Sandbaggers** marathon the next day. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-eve-plans/607555/24 "2011-12-28T02:36:49Z")
Santa left me a brand spanking new boyfriend for Christmas and we’re going to First Night in Pittsburgh. ---
**Author:** ![ASanders](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asanders/32/3367_2.png) [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-eve-plans/607555/25 "2011-12-28T02:41:29Z")
Times Square, again. We have connections to an office with a GREAT view. This will be my 7th or 8th time, 3rd for the kids. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-eve-plans/607555/26 "2011-12-28T03:04:20Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Same as the last decade or so - hang out at home and probably fall asleep before midnight. I can’t remember the last time I saw the ball drop. That’s me, too. And it’s enjoyable! ---
**Author:** ![missinformation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@missinformation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missinformation)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-eve-plans/607555/27 "2011-12-28T03:11:22Z")
Stay home and not watch celebration. Either be on computer or ring in the new year with some macabre program. A few years ago, it was a program about the history of torture… ---
**Author:** ![slm2955](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-eve-plans/607555/28 "2011-12-28T03:15:39Z")
I wanna go to Vegas but so far that’s not looking likely…still have my fingers crossed though. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-eve-plans/607555/29 "2011-12-28T05:22:08Z")
tradition at PiperHouse is to go to the house of some friends - have been doing New Year with them for over a decade now, along with a third couple. watch the ball drop on tv, and then drive cautiously home. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-eve-plans/607555/30 "2011-12-28T05:23:14Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > I’ll be at home this year. But I can see the main fireworks from the end of my street, so I’ll stroll out and have a look at them just before midnight. difference between New Years in Sydney and New Years in Regina - no fireworks tradition - too friggin’ cold! ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-eve-plans/607555/31 "2011-12-28T06:14:59Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > difference between New Years in Sydney and New Years in Regina - no fireworks tradition - too friggin’ cold! It’s likely to be fairly cool here too for New Year’s Eve - at least by our standards. At the moment the forecast is for only 17-20 or so. We’re almost a month into summer and Sydney hasn’t yet had a really warm day. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-eve-plans/607555/32 "2011-12-28T06:20:01Z")
We are going out to a nice restaurant we haven’t been to before at 7, then we’ll spend the rest of the evening at home. I imagine we’ll be snoozing by the time the new year rolls in. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-eve-plans/607555/33 "2011-12-28T11:35:07Z")
I and my spouse are going out to cook New Year’s Eve breakfast at our church, and eat same. The entire town is invited! Then we’re going down the hill to the waterfront for the big bonfire! I’ve NEVER done anything like this before, and I’m 62 y.o. Sounds like fun! And then I’ll drink champagne when we get home 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-eve-plans/607555/34 "2011-12-28T12:04:38Z")
We’re heading to the Melting Pot for fondue night with two other couples (in-laws and friends) and then hanging out in the friends’ hotel room to watch the TV festivities. It’s a big deal for the other two couples because they have kids and never get a night off, so it’s a tradition for them to get a sitter New Years Eve and get hotel rooms for a night away. We’re just tagging along. I’m just looking forward to yummy fondue and hanging out with friends - the stuff on TV isn’t all that great, but we watch it anyway. It’s not 2012 till Dick Clark says so. ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-eve-plans/607555/35 "2011-12-28T13:22:33Z")
> [@jabiru](#): > > Other: working late shift NYE and morning shift NYD, so no partying for me. Same here, except I don’t have the late shift NYE, thank goodness. But I do have to be up at the crack of dawn on NYD. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-eve-plans/607555/36 "2011-12-28T13:50:24Z")
My Wife and I will probably go to a movie with friends in the afternoon, and then have an early dinner and a few beers at a restaurant. Should be home by 7 or so. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-eve-plans/607555/37 "2011-12-28T14:50:24Z")
Stay home and watch movies. Around midnight I’ll break out some fizzy wine and snacks. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-eve-plans/607555/38 "2011-12-29T15:50:55Z")
My nephew is getting married on NYE, so I’ll be at the NYE party/reception with the young’uns. Should be fun. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-eve-plans/607555/39 "2011-12-29T15:55:12Z")
At 9:00 we’ll go to a low-key party with some close friends in our neighborhood. I’d like to be home well before midnight. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-eve-plans/607555/40 "2011-12-29T16:00:52Z")
For the first time in a few years, my partner will be in town. So we’ll watch a movie or two, then cuddle in front of a fire, with the pups and kittehs. Maybe a few friends will stop by. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-eve-plans/607555.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-new-years-eve-plans/607555.md?page=3)