So....whatcha all doing on New Years Eve??? and I know some are not gonna watch Anderson & Andy.....

[a kennedy]

I will tho…..I love these guys…Anderson the most, and I can’t believe we’re here again, ANOTHER new year……my 74th.

[Ocelot II]

1. Nothing, like always.

[yellow dahlia]

2. Binge watch West Wing.

Have it on DVD.

It's our distraction (aka drug) of choice.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

3. Since 1970:

🤗

[Tarzanrock]

4. Mr. New Year's Eve at the Waldorf Astoria

[applegrove]

5. I'm going to watch Anderson and Andy.

[wcmagumba]

6. Single, retired, no family, "I'm a loner, a rebel, Dotty" (PeeWee Herman)...happy flippin channels and web surfing...

[Clouds Passing]

7. Try to stay awake until midnight 🥳

[a kennedy]

9. Ha ha, haven't been awake at Midnight for.....ah....at least 10 years.....

but good for you. And Happy New Year.

[Clouds Passing]

10. Happy New Year 🎆

[sakabatou]

8. Posting a New Year's Eve gallery to a page I admin at FB

[SWBTATTReg]

11. All I know is that I'm not going to watch some news show, or similar talk show, I'm sick and tired of them and

their so called talking points. They can all go jump into the lake, if you ask me.

I rather watch the flintstones or some other similar show, and simply just enjoy the show. Some channels do have an all day event, like showing Gilligan's Island all day, or something similar.

Happy New Year's Eve and Day!

[Drum]

12. Me:

[multigraincracker]

13. Watch Dick Clark.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

14. I will spend the early part of the evening

with my friends Robert, David, Valerie, and Robyn. At Robert's house. He'll fix a light dinner, we'll have some champagne and call it a night.

[lees1975]

15. It will be in the mid-30's so I'm thinking about going to watch Chicago's fireworks display.

They are launching them from the bridges across the Chicago River along the riverwalk between LaSalle and Michigan Ave.

[boonecreek]

16. Binging "Twilight Zone" on H&I. nt.

[SARose]

17. My 74th, too

And, yes, watching Anderson & Andy. They crack me up.

[a kennedy]

22. When Anderson starts laughing, giggling, after he's a tad to much drunk....he just gets me laughing too.

[AllaN01Bear]

18. sleep/ my 67th

ny day . do clothes washing.

[ailsagirl]

19. Not to be a downer but...

it's my least favourite of all the holidays. Not sure why, exactly... 😕

[catbyte]

28. Mine either, but I have a reason.

My Nana died unexpectedly on New Year's Day when I was 13 and New Year's has sucked ever since. Besides, crowds, parties, and especially small talk physically exhaust me so there's that, too. Yuck.

Downers Unite!

[ailsagirl]

45. Yes!! Let us unite!!

[Intractable]

20. I've done it before. Watching A&A on New Years Eve is a real drag.

The problem is that the other TV alternatives are worse.

Or maybe, the problem is really just watching New Years Eve at Times Square.

I see a lot of people who really need to go to the bathroom.

I'm just not a fan of today's popular music and flashy culture.

[a kennedy]

21. I just love hearing Anderson when he starts laughing......makes me laugh too.

[Boomerproud]

24. I'm with you.

Can't stand Andy Cohen or Ryan Secrest on ABC. I am hardly looking forward to 2025.

[yellowdogintexas]

23. not sure yet. Last year I went to a local Italian place with several friends

They close at 9 so we went early for a fun dinner. The food is moderately priced, with large portions; it is a BYOB place and the owners are staunch Democrats! I think we had 9 or 10 that night.

If enough folks want to do it this year we may repeat it.

OR we might have my sister in law over and watch movies. She used to join us on New Year's Eve and we would play board games or work jigsaw puzzles.

Third option is watch movies with Mr YD. If we do that I will figure out a good supper for us.

[Dem2theMax]

25. Watching 'Death at a Funeral,' the British version.

It's my New Year's Eve tradition.
I know it's going to make me laugh my head off.

[SharonClark]

42. I love that movie.

[Dem2theMax]

46. I start laughing before I start watching. One actor makes me lose it every time.

Alan Tudyk.
(The one who accidentally takes all the drugs.)

I don't know how anyone in a scene with him could keep a straight face. Would love to see the outtakes/bloopers.

[no_hypocrisy]

26. Sleeeeeeep!

One of my few days off.

Guess I should start putting 2025 on my checks until I'm used to the idea.

[Mike Nelson]

27. I will look...

... around to see what is on... I think they are CNN. I don't know who the alternatives are and I don't recall liking any of them. I think there was one channel that showed reruns of Dick Clark. I liked him on American Bandstand and never understood how he became the New Year's Eve man... he was the Pyramid game too, I think... maybe when he got older, appearing one day a year became more interesting! Oh, and there was Guy Lombardo. I don't remember his shows, but I do know that people watched him and sang a song... Old Lang Syne... Guess I'll go to sleep!

[OldBaldy1701E]

29. I will wonder why I am still around.

Then, I will probably watch some movie until I either fall asleep or go to bed. My late nights are over.

Coming from a career rock and roll-er, that statement is so disheartening...

[a kennedy]

37. Happy New Year OldBaldy1701E

Glad you’re here

[electric_blue68]

30. Catch some of the early NYE fireworks in other countries. Then tune a bit before the ball drops...

Have some kind of big snack, or dessert.

Text and receive New Year's greetings.

[LeftInTX]

31. We don't have cable. We're going to my in-laws. They often watch football.

Last year my son must have bought several hundred dollars worth of fireworks. That was the fun part. Home fireworks are a big thing here. If my son doesn't purchase a bunch of them, we may got up on a hill and look down at the city. Thousands of illegal fireworks go off at midnight..

&ab_channel=KSAT12

[DFW]

32. Perform some music, hang with a special group of friends, remember one we lost

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My wife, my brother and I are in Charleston, South Carolina for a gathering we attend every year. Some special people always attend. This year, some friends include one from Paris, one from Madrid, a special friend from Iowa, one of the most important members of the Clinton West Wing, Peter and Gwen Norton (as in anti-virus), a Nobel Prize winner in Physics, a bunch of others. I’ll be part of a panel remembering a friend who used to attend every year, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, who came something like 30 years in a row. Longer than I’ve been coming, anyway. It’s always interesting, because to be asked to attend in the first place, you have to have done, or be doing, something interesting. Needless to say, I am a VERY low man on that totem pole.

It’s tiring, stimulating, never boring, and we always consider it worth the trip, despite the cumbersome planes we have to take to get here.

[a kennedy]

35. Wow, sounds like a great get together......

Happy New Year!!

[DFW]

40. Thanks! I was first invited to this thing in December of 2000.

As you can see, all sorts of people show up, and you can just go up and chat with any of them!

[a kennedy]

41. Shut up.......now I'm really jealous......

[DFW]

44. He's not here this year, so you can rest easy.

This year, I got to meet and talk with author Scott Turow (Presumed Innocent), who promised to read my book, and tell me what he thought. For that, it was worth the trip alone, although seeing some old friends is always privilege.

[Marthe48]

33. I'll stay up till midnight

and raise a solitary toast to the ones I've left behind, not just in 2024 but across the span of my years. I'll text Happy New Year to people who made it to this finish line and are preparing to race Time in another marathon.

My 73rd New Year's Eve

I'm ok alone. Probably better for everyone who isn't pensive on this observance.

[a kennedy]

36. Yah, I'll be alone as well.......i'll crack open the bubbly that my husband and I used to drink and

think of him. First New Years without him. Happy New Year Marthe48.

[Marthe48]

38. It'll be tough

The first holidays after my husband died were hard to get through. I'm sorry I missed posts of your loss. My best friend died Oct. 1. There were a lot of tough losses this year, but this was the worst. Most of the year, I was wrapped up in her illness as she lost ground, and now mourning her loss.

[a kennedy]

39. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

[ProfessorGAC]

34. Nothing

Between 1976 & 2007, my bands played 29 9f those New Year's Eves.
For 2 of them, the band's weren't together long enough to have booked a NYE gig, but the band through a coming out party for friends & family of the band(s). One of those, the band had only been together a month, so we only had 8 or 9 songs we would do in front of people. So, we played them all twice.
So, 31 out of 32 years I played on NYE. That's enough "celebration" for me.

[SharonClark]

43. I'll be at a Hogmanay party

with about 40 others. We’ll drink lots of Scotch and light sparklers and sing Old Lang Syne at midnight. It’s always a good time.

[Iggo]

47. I thought Andy Cohen got banned.