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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
So, all being the good anal-retentive Shipmates that you are, what are your traditions for New Year's Day?

It is one of the two times each year that I thoroughly clean out and defrost* the refrigerator -- the other being the Fourth of July.

I also shred all of last year's papers that I have been saving but no longer need, as well as tax returns and supporting documentation from three years ago.

I spent New Year's Eve in Times Square once many years ago. It was an interesting experience but I don't think I'd do it again.

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* I know, I know, it's frost-free, but old memories die hard -- days of putting pots of boiling water in the freezer and scraping off the ice as it loosened.
 

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Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :
 
We always go to a party New Year's Eve and nurse a hangover on New Year's Day, but my appetite for this is waning.

My New Years resolutions are usually many and varied, few of which last the year.

Maybe my resolution this year will be to choose two and stick to them
 

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Posted by Brenda Clough (# 18061) on :
 
What an organized person you are, Amanda. My freezer may call itself lucky if it is defrosted biannually!
My resolution for the new year is to turn my energies away from writing. Instead, I shall shove stuff out onto the world. This is the same resolution I made last year, a shattering failure, but I have to keep it this year.
 

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Posted by Nicolemr (# 28) on :
 
In recent years I have been going to a very small, quiet party at a friends house. Then I stay overnight because my friend doesn't want anyone on the streets after 8:00 on New Years Eve. So New Years Day I've been sleeping late and then hanging out with the same friend.
 

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Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I've had various traditions on Hogmanay and New Year's Day.

When I lived in Orkney, there would be a crowd gathered in front of the Cathedral waiting for the clock to chime midnight, at which point there would be exchanging of hip-flasks (or half-bottles of Famous Grouse™); the secret to remaining upright was to put each bottle to your lips, wish the other person a happy new year, but not actually drink anything. Then a few of us would head up the road towards my home (or the next-door neighbours, depending on which house everyone was in), and the partying would go on until about 4 in the morning.

In Kirkwall, there's a tradition on Christmas and New Year's Day called the Ba, which is a sort of 500-a-side rugby match with no rules played through the streets of the town. If it's a nice day, it may be worth taking a stroll down to watch, but there's not really anything to see, so it's more a chance to meet people you haven't seen for a while.

These days we're much more restrained; when we were in St. John's we'd invite a few friends round for supper (or be invited to friends') and once the new year had been rung in, we went pretty much straight home (or straight to bed).

As this is our first New Year in a new place, I don't know what we'll be doing; we'll be house-sitting by then, and New Year's Day is a Sunday, so wild partying won't be on the cards, but we may invite a couple of friends over for supper on New Year's Day.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
I'm usually in bed by 10 p.m. but am then woken by the firecrackers at midnight but soon drift back to sleep again.
 

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Posted by MaryLouise (# 18697) on :
 
Planning to sit outdoors with friends in the drought-stricken garden (summer here in the Cape) and raise a glass to a better year with my homemade watermelon granita which is essentially cubes of de-pipped ripe water melon smooshed in a blender with freshly squeezed lime juice. Then forked into granita as it freezes and spooned into glasses, a sprig of mint on top. 2016, be gone.
 

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Posted by Japes (# 5358) on :
 
I do have a bit of a cleaning frenzy in the day on New Year's Eve. I do like to start the New Year with a clean house as instilled into me by my Scottish granny and great-aunts. Unlikely to be any other such Scottish traditions, though. I return to work on the 3rd, so it will be my pre-start of term clean as well.

Whether or not I stay up for "the bells" at midnight depends on my ability to do so but, given the propensity for fireworks around here, it's likely I'll be woken up.

Actually considering New Year's Day is a Sunday and therefore I need to be in church for organ playing duties (possibly reading or intercessions duty given I'm one of the reliable few at this time of year), I'm more likely NOT to want to stay up.

[ 18. December 2016, 07:38: Message edited by: Japes ]
 

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Posted by Stercus Tauri (# 16668) on :
 
All the Scots and those of Scottish descent will of course be opening all the doors and windows just before midnight to let the old year out and the new one in, never mind the sub-zero temperature and snow forecast for these parts.
 

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Posted by Arabella Purity Winterbottom (# 3434) on :
 
Like WW, I'm usually in bed well before midnight. Having moved to a small country town in July, and having discovered that one of our 9 next-door-neighbours is an expert fireworks creator, I'm guessing it may be less stressful to stay awake and enjoy the fun (we ended up getting up and watching on Guy Fawkes night).
 

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Posted by Lothlorien (# 4927) on :
 
Like others here, I am usually in bed at accustomed time. Hear a commotion and vaguely rouse myself and go back to sleep. We have roof garden here from which I can see the harbour bridge and other vantage points, although not the actual water. The first year here, I took drink and went upstairs. There were about a dozen residents there. Since then I have watched once from my balcony where I get the general effect without specific fireworks. Frankly I prefer to be asleep.
 

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Posted by Brenda Clough (# 18061) on :
 
I will be spending January 1 on an airplane. I have to be at work on January 2, alas.
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
I once "saw in the New Year" sitting on an aircraft, snowbound, on the apron of Luton Airport, waiting for the runway to be cleared. As a special concession we were given our sandwiches early.

Mind you, full marks for the men who were out in the freezing cold, in the middle of the night, getting the airport ready to re-open.
 

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Posted by Ethne Alba (# 5804) on :
 
I sit on my doorstep, watching and listening
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
You and Madame Jeanette.
 

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Posted by Bishops Finger (# 5430) on :
 
I'll probably stay up until midnight, just to make sure that bl**dy 2016 does indeed end, but nevertheless giving thanks to God that I've lived through it.

New Year's Day, of course, is The Lord's Day, so I shall duly (DV) attend The Lord's Supper.

IJ
 

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Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on :
 

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Originally posted by Lothlorien:
Like others here, I am usually in bed at accustomed time.

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Originally posted by Bishops Finger:
I'll probably stay up until midnight, just to make sure that bl**dy 2016 does indeed end ...

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Preach it, brother!

Apart from having moved to Fredericton (which is wonderful), the best thing about 2016 is that it's nearly finished.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 

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Originally posted by Piglet:
Apart from having moved to Fredericton (which is wonderful), the best thing about 2016 is that it's nearly finished.

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No, no! Here in this country to the south of you many of us would be quite happy staying in 2016 and not having to face 2017 (and most likely the following three years)!

 

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Posted by Pangolin Guerre (# 18686) on :
 
I've been wondering about this.... Beyond certain celebrity deaths (e.g., Bowie, Prince, Leonard Cohen), and public disasters (Trump, Bastille Day massacre, today's assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey, etc, etc), on a purely personal level, 2016 has been really unpleasant. Not a damned thing has had a lasting good effect, except a favourable LTB ruling on Friday. I cannot see the arse end of 2016 adequately quickly.

Most of my friends shall be out of the city. It'll be I and a bottle of champers in a prayer circle for 2017.
 

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Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 

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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
... many of us would be quite happy staying in 2016 and not having to face 2017 (and most likely the following three years)!

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