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Any ideas for fun lower key New Years celebrations?

Anybody got #lifegoals type plans for nye/ny?

I am slowly working on joy and would love to hear fun ideas.

Fiancé and I will be together at the little apartment for the New Years and we are contemplating how best to celebrate.

We did pretty our dining table up with some inexpensive "Christmas" table decor that can be used for multiple holidays (gold plastic chargers/linen napkins and a generic candle).

Fiancé did say that a lower key evening this year would be preferable to him.

We could possibly make a nice meal like (for us gluten free) pasta.

Aside from that, I guess we could see if anyone wanted to play some euchre… (watching the Disney channel on the laptop by ourselves seems too lame haha). We do still have a lot of non perishable food left from Christmas… We had some (big box food store that sells in bulk) credit so liberally applied it to snack foods in giant bags and boxes…

The little apartment is within walking distance of at least 4 places that serve alcohol and 2 that serve espresso and other coffee drinks. So the neighborhood is bound to be a roving party NYE.

Not sure what the weather is going to be like, but above freezing, so could walk to one of the local trails on New Year’s Day and go for a hike. I doubt the trails would be too crowded that day.

And not to start too much controversy, but the tree will still be up

Well, I have some leftover cheeses, some olives and some great local wines. My big decisions will be red or white, I and do I watch the ball drop or a movie?

PS: I won't fight over the tree still being up because I have small pumpkin sign on my porch.

Ohhhh I love me some euchre! Your plans for NYE sound like they align with what I would plan. I don't love crowds and loud noise, and sometimes I don't make it to midnight. Movies/cards/junk food for NYE is ideal for me.

Edited to add no judgement on the Christmas tree here. We still have all our decorations up. And one tree will likely stay up all yr again. No ornaments, just lights as I love the peace that sitting by the lights of the tree bring as opposed to the harsh overhead lights in our living room. Also, we have no TV in there, so it's REALLY peaceful!

[This message edited by 2ManyMigraines at 3:21 PM, Monday, December 30th]

For a number of decades, a group of couples got together, first at someone's house for dinner, talk, games, and TV. In our 60s, we changed to going to a restaurant for dinner, and to one of our homes for dessert and TV. A few years ago, we switched to brunch on New Year's day. The last time I stayed up past 23:59 was 2 years ago. Last year, brunch had to be cancelled because one person had covid, and one was suffering from Alzheimer's, and his W didn't have the energy to get him out of bed, dressed, etc.

This year has been devastating. Two members of the group died in 2024. I was going to invite our neighbors on our floor for drinks and dessert tomorrow, but I may have a stomach flu, and they want to stay away. Nothing else planned with other people for 12/31 or 1/1.

Tomorrow I want to get to Costco to get some wax guards for my hearing aids; I hope that's not TMI. I'll probably pick up some sparkling wine - Champagne or Prosecco, maybe Cava. Maybe not, though, because I'll have to either drink the whole bottle or throw away half of it, since plainsong does not drink alcohol. We'll have Costco hot dogs for lunch - in joke for Costco customers. W will make a nice dinner tomorrow night. Even if I have the wine, I plan to bless the new year with some malt whiskey. We'll watch some TV, probably something French (with subtitles). W will hit the sack at 10. I may stay up for Jan 1 in New York. (Actually I'm reading something good, so I may stay up later than that.)

I'll remember staying up late as a kid. One NYE, I heard Woody Allen tell his moose hunting story on the Tonight Show, starting out as if it was a true story. And we'll both remember NYE for 1967, when we planned to be together but the plans fell through, and the NYEs after that when we were together.

We are staying in for the most part. We will go out to dinner for BBQ, then head home for tv and video games! Neither of us are into parties or crowds, so staying home suits us fine.

I plan to get my lazy self up out of the bed at about 10, and go to wherever might be open in my town so that I can have a Long Island Tea "with" my husband at midnight.

😏. It’s the best I’ve got.

sisoon…so sorry about the loss and decline of some of your friends.

The kids and I are just staying in and watching movies until midnight.

Currently we are watching Pacific Rim. All of us watched Home Alone during dinner.

We had an amazing dinner and we have snacks to nibble on throughout the evening.

I wish all of you a very Happy and safe New Year.

Good to hear from you, Dragn. Glad you're having a good NYE.

I'm planning on watching Red One tomorrow, and Muppet Christmas Carol.

What I love is that I can totally change my mind and do something else, and not have to worry about XWH'S feelings. Freedom!

Omg I love Red One! Kids and I watched it Christmas eve and again on boxing day. What a great movie!

We haven't watched Muppets Christmas Carol yet. I'm sure we will. I really want to watch Scrooged lol

And ya I totally agree with being able to enjoy the freedom to do what We want. The kids and I habe had so many wonderful experiences and done amazing things this year despite all the heartache.

Here's to a year filled with joy and good health.

The Muppet Christmas Carol is my favorite version. Highly recommend.

If we had a cheers emoji or glasses clinking, I'd use it.

We also had a low key NYE last night, just the two of us. Surprisingly we made it to midnight by watching old home videos from when we lived in Australia. It's amusing how decades ago we still use the exact same phrases. Watching a sunset on tape, we both we're like "look at that". 5 seconds later, both of us on video say "look at that". Some things never change :)

We saw Red One, and it was camp but fun. And the trees and all decorations remain up here until 3 Kings Day for some reason. I think it's some type of German tradition so I'll roll with it!

Hope everyone had a safe, wonderful NYE and best to all for a great 2025! Now off to make black eyed peas, cornbread, and cabbage!