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a kennedy

(33,169 posts)
Sat Dec 28, 2024, 10:28 PM Dec 2024

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

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

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So....whatcha all doing on New Years Eve??? and I know some are not gonna watch Anderson & Andy..... (Original Post) a kennedy Dec 2024 OP
Nothing, like always. Ocelot II Dec 2024 #1
Binge watch West Wing. yellow dahlia Dec 2024 #2
Since 1970: Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2024 #3
Mr. New Year's Eve at the Waldorf Astoria Tarzanrock Dec 2024 #4
I'm going to watch Anderson and Andy. applegrove Dec 2024 #5
Single, retired, no family, "I'm a loner, a rebel, Dotty" (PeeWee Herman)...happy flippin channels and web surfing... wcmagumba Dec 2024 #6
Try to stay awake until midnight 🥳 Clouds Passing Dec 2024 #7
Ha ha, haven't been awake at Midnight for.....ah....at least 10 years..... a kennedy Dec 2024 #9
Happy New Year 🎆 Clouds Passing Dec 2024 #10
Posting a New Year's Eve gallery to a page I admin at FB sakabatou Dec 2024 #8
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 SWBTATTReg Dec 2024 #11
Me: Drum Dec 2024 #12
Watch Dick Clark. multigraincracker Dec 2024 #13
I will spend the early part of the evening PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2024 #14
It will be in the mid-30's so I'm thinking about going to watch Chicago's fireworks display. lees1975 Dec 2024 #15
Binging "Twilight Zone" on H&I. nt. boonecreek Dec 2024 #16
My 74th, too SARose Dec 2024 #17
When Anderson starts laughing, giggling, after he's a tad to much drunk....he just gets me laughing too. a kennedy Dec 2024 #22
sleep/ my 67th AllaN01Bear Dec 2024 #18
Not to be a downer but... ailsagirl Dec 2024 #19
Mine either, but I have a reason. catbyte Dec 2024 #28
Yes!! Let us unite!! ailsagirl Dec 2024 #45
I've done it before. Watching A&A on New Years Eve is a real drag. Intractable Dec 2024 #20
I just love hearing Anderson when he starts laughing......makes me laugh too. a kennedy Dec 2024 #21
I'm with you. Boomerproud Dec 2024 #24
not sure yet. Last year I went to a local Italian place with several friends yellowdogintexas Dec 2024 #23
Watching 'Death at a Funeral,' the British version. Dem2theMax Dec 2024 #25
I love that movie. SharonClark Dec 2024 #42
I start laughing before I start watching. One actor makes me lose it every time. Dem2theMax Dec 2024 #46
Sleeeeeeep! no_hypocrisy Dec 2024 #26
I will look... Mike Nelson Dec 2024 #27
I will wonder why I am still around. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2024 #29
Happy New Year OldBaldy1701E a kennedy Dec 2024 #37
Catch some of the early NYE fireworks in other countries. Then tune a bit before the ball drops... electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #30
We don't have cable. We're going to my in-laws. They often watch football. LeftInTX Dec 2024 #31
Perform some music, hang with a special group of friends, remember one we lost DFW Dec 2024 #32
Wow, sounds like a great get together...... a kennedy Dec 2024 #35
Thanks! I was first invited to this thing in December of 2000. DFW Dec 2024 #40
Shut up.......now I'm really jealous...... a kennedy Dec 2024 #41
He's not here this year, so you can rest easy. DFW Dec 2024 #44
I'll stay up till midnight Marthe48 Dec 2024 #33
Yah, I'll be alone as well.......i'll crack open the bubbly that my husband and I used to drink and a kennedy Dec 2024 #36
It'll be tough Marthe48 Dec 2024 #38
❤️ ❤️ ❤️ a kennedy Dec 2024 #39
Nothing ProfessorGAC Dec 2024 #34
I'll be at a Hogmanay party SharonClark Dec 2024 #43
I thought Andy Cohen got banned. Iggo Dec 2024 #47

wcmagumba

(3,748 posts)
6. Single, retired, no family, "I'm a loner, a rebel, Dotty" (PeeWee Herman)...happy flippin channels and web surfing...
Sat Dec 28, 2024, 10:40 PM
Dec 2024

a kennedy

(33,169 posts)
9. Ha ha, haven't been awake at Midnight for.....ah....at least 10 years.....
Sat Dec 28, 2024, 10:52 PM
Dec 2024

but good for you. And Happy New Year.

SWBTATTReg

(25,067 posts)
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
Sat Dec 28, 2024, 10:55 PM
Dec 2024

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!

PoindexterOglethorpe

(27,616 posts)
14. I will spend the early part of the evening
Sat Dec 28, 2024, 11:45 PM
Dec 2024

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

(6,370 posts)
15. It will be in the mid-30's so I'm thinking about going to watch Chicago's fireworks display.
Sun Dec 29, 2024, 12:06 AM
Dec 2024

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

a kennedy

(33,169 posts)
22. When Anderson starts laughing, giggling, after he's a tad to much drunk....he just gets me laughing too.
Sun Dec 29, 2024, 03:17 PM
Dec 2024

ailsagirl

(24,067 posts)
19. Not to be a downer but...
Sun Dec 29, 2024, 03:29 AM
Dec 2024

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

catbyte

(36,644 posts)
28. Mine either, but I have a reason.
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 06:59 AM
Dec 2024

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!

Intractable

(956 posts)
20. I've done it before. Watching A&A on New Years Eve is a real drag.
Sun Dec 29, 2024, 03:07 PM
Dec 2024

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.

Boomerproud

(8,694 posts)
24. I'm with you.
Sun Dec 29, 2024, 09:04 PM
Dec 2024

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

yellowdogintexas

(23,152 posts)
23. not sure yet. Last year I went to a local Italian place with several friends
Sun Dec 29, 2024, 03:28 PM
Dec 2024

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

(10,626 posts)
25. Watching 'Death at a Funeral,' the British version.
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 04:52 AM
Dec 2024

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

Dem2theMax

(10,626 posts)
46. I start laughing before I start watching. One actor makes me lose it every time.
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 12:51 AM
Dec 2024

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

(50,931 posts)
26. Sleeeeeeep!
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 05:00 AM
Dec 2024

One of my few days off.

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

Mike Nelson

(10,526 posts)
27. I will look...
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 06:12 AM
Dec 2024

... 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

(7,539 posts)
29. I will wonder why I am still around.
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 07:29 AM
Dec 2024

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...

electric_blue68

(20,599 posts)
30. Catch some of the early NYE fireworks in other countries. Then tune a bit before the ball drops...
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 07:45 AM
Dec 2024

Have some kind of big snack, or dessert.

Text and receive New Year's greetings.

LeftInTX

(32,761 posts)
31. We don't have cable. We're going to my in-laws. They often watch football.
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 08:38 AM
Dec 2024

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..

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DFW

(57,609 posts)
32. Perform some music, hang with a special group of friends, remember one we lost
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 09:16 AM
Dec 2024

Last edited Tue Dec 31, 2024, 03:06 PM - Edit history (1)

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.

DFW

(57,609 posts)
40. Thanks! I was first invited to this thing in December of 2000.
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 12:32 PM
Dec 2024

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

DFW

(57,609 posts)
44. He's not here this year, so you can rest easy.
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 10:00 PM
Dec 2024

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

(20,356 posts)
33. I'll stay up till midnight
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 09:59 AM
Dec 2024

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

(33,169 posts)
36. Yah, I'll be alone as well.......i'll crack open the bubbly that my husband and I used to drink and
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 10:43 AM
Dec 2024

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

Marthe48

(20,356 posts)
38. It'll be tough
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 10:58 AM
Dec 2024

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.


ProfessorGAC

(72,137 posts)
34. Nothing
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 10:29 AM
Dec 2024

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

(10,452 posts)
43. I'll be at a Hogmanay party
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 09:28 PM
Dec 2024

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.

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