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Posted by: peckery 25-Dec-2003, 07:59 AM
Do you have any great plans for new year's eve or are you going tho stay home and watch Dick Clark (what is he, 127 years old) and that old ball fall in Time Square. Raven and I will be playing a new years eve gig in Marion Indiana so if you are with in say about 500 miles stop on in and I'll buy you a beer or six. Happy and Merry and best to you and yours in the New Year!!! The Peckery

Posted by: Raven 25-Dec-2003, 04:03 PM
Hey Peckery

I'll be in Marion too tongue.gif . I'll ad a shot to those 6 beers beer_mug.gif

Posted by: peckery 25-Dec-2003, 04:23 PM
be of good cheer
drink half a dozen beers
if you think thats a lot
here is Raven with a shot......

Posted by: kidclaymore 25-Dec-2003, 06:13 PM
I have to work that night. I'll be putting those who drink and drive in jail. And I hope its a quite night.

Posted by: Raven 25-Dec-2003, 07:10 PM
Even better a Clarion hotel within walking distance of the show thumbs_up.gif beer_mug.gif beer_mug.gif beer_mug.gif beer_mug.gif beer_mug.gif beer_mug.gif (shot glass)

Posted by: CelticRose 25-Dec-2003, 08:01 PM
We are going to spend the evening at a friend's house where there will be many other friends of ours who we have known for 20 years or more. We usually have a potluck dinner, play games and bring in the New Year with a little bubbly. We don't drink that night as we have a long drive home where doggies will be anxiously awaiting our arrival to share the bed with. smile.gif

Posted by: MDF3530 25-Dec-2003, 08:16 PM
I just did a Mapquest search, and while I do live within 500 miles of Marion, Indiana, I have no money to get there (no gas, food or lodging money). I'll just buy a six pack of Corona or Foster's & do my drinkin' at home.

Posted by: RavingNoah 25-Dec-2003, 11:22 PM
My friends, William Lother and honorary Irishman, Mauro Mamawal, will more than likely do what we did today. Play computer games and find new message boards to play on. What else is there to do in southern California?

...sigh...isn't it enough that I'm going back on Atkins?

Whatever you plan on doing and whereever you are, may your times be safe and fun...if both can happen at once!

Posted by: Fiddler 26-Dec-2003, 07:19 AM
New years eve is amateur night so Mama and I stay on the ponderosa. fireman2.gif

Posted by: RavenWing 26-Dec-2003, 07:51 AM
I am splitting my time between 2 parties, and will be kissing my hubby at midnight. kiss2.gif

Posted by: Catriona 26-Dec-2003, 08:44 AM
At our traditional family Hogmanay Party, and then watching the Street party fireworks from the back garden biggrin.gif

Posted by: Richard Bercot 26-Dec-2003, 09:29 AM
We are planning on staying home and have a few friends over for playing cards, games and eating all kinds of goodies. wink.gif

Happy New Year.

Posted by: Aon_Daonna 26-Dec-2003, 10:00 AM
We're going to friend's house (Burntisland) and then watch the fireworks in Edinburgh from the Forth wink.gif If the weather clears up that is... happy.gif

Posted by: Eamon 26-Dec-2003, 10:33 AM
I hope to have a quiet night, at home. Have to be well rested for the New Years Day celebration at the local Irish Pub!

Eamon

Posted by: Siusaidh Blues 26-Dec-2003, 01:48 PM
My husband, two kids and I usually spend New Years Eve at my parents house. We have some good food (usually we grill steaks), shoot pool in their family room too, then at night we shoot fireworks out in the street in their neighborhood. We accumulate fireworks during the year on trips to Florida or Alabama, then shoot them off New Years Eve (and save a few for the Fourth of July celebration too)...

Posted by: MDF3530 26-Dec-2003, 02:36 PM
QUOTE (Siusaidh Blues @ Dec 26 2003, 01:48 PM)
My husband, two kids and I usually spend New Years Eve at my parents house.  We have some good food (usually we grill steaks), shoot pool in their family room too, then at night we shoot fireworks out in the street in their neighborhood.  We accumulate fireworks during the year on trips to Florida or Alabama, then shoot them off New Years Eve (and save a few for the Fourth of July celebration too)...

Fireworks are illegal here in Illinois. I think some idiot kid of a politically well-connected person lost a few fingers by holding a firecracker in his hand back in the 50s or 60s. You can't even get party poppers or snaps here anymore. The law only really gets enforced around the 4th of July and New Years. They are legal in Indiana though. You oughtta see the various police departments here in Illinois (including the Chicago Police Department) that sit on this side of the Illinois-Indiana border to catch the dopes who go to the first fireworks store/stand on the other side. I see those morons getting pulled over as soon as they cross back into Illinois and I laugh at their stupidity.

I'll tell you how I beat the system:

1. I don't go to the fireworks places in the "border towns". I'd be a sitting duck.
2. I come back on a different route than I went in on. Only fools take the same route.
3. I buy my 4th of July fireworks in April and my New Years fireworks in September. Do it while they aren't paying attention.

Posted by: valpal 59 26-Dec-2003, 06:51 PM
We are going to have a small party with our closest friends. Good food, a few drinks, and Dick Clark. It will also be a celebration for Rob & I. We met 25 yrs. ago on New Year's Eve. inlove.gif We wish everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!

Posted by: jaynebylak 26-Dec-2003, 07:02 PM
Unfortunately I have to work New Years Eve. Off new years day. They say that what ever one is doing at midnight....they will be doing the same thing all 2004. Hummm why cant I be kissing my man. (sigh). Everyone have a Happy and Safe New Year's
Jayne sad.gif

Posted by: Elspeth 26-Dec-2003, 07:09 PM
We stay home (with four kids big suprise) play games, eat fun food and then at midnight we go out and bang pots and pans and yell Happy New Year until all the neighborhood dogs start barking. No one's called the police on us yet. biggrin.gif

Posted by: Keltic 26-Dec-2003, 11:06 PM
We leave in the morning for Niagara Falls for a couple of days to visit my Dad and redo Christmas. Then we head up to our friends house on the Bruce Peninsula in Ontario (between Georgian Bay and Lake Huron) for New Years. They live on fifty forested acres where the closest Tim Horton's donuts (it's a Canadian thing) is 15 minutes away. In other words, sheer isolation!!

Happy New Year everyone!!

Posted by: High Plains Drifter 26-Dec-2003, 11:47 PM
My bride and I will probably do what we've for done for probably twenty or so of the last thirty three years, sit down with a drink in front of the tv waiting for Dick Clark and fall asleep about ten thirty, wake ap at about twelve thirty and go to bed. Real party animals we are.

Posted by: JaneyMae 26-Dec-2003, 11:59 PM
This year we are going to friends where other friends will be. We will probably hoist a couple and play a game or two and visit. One of the couples moved away a while back but are coming home. After 35 years we just do what's simplest.

Posted by: CelticRose 27-Dec-2003, 12:35 AM
Actually, if I had it my way I would stay home and watch Dick Clark and the big ball drop, but as it is friends invited us to their home to celebrate so guess we need to be gracious and accept. sad.gif

Posted by: single speed 27-Dec-2003, 09:34 AM



I'll just relay at home, have a few sips of Tullimore, and go to bed. For excitement, I'll rent a video.

I am not a big fan of New Years Eve. It reminds me of how little the human race has progressed in solving its social, economic, and polictcal problems.

terence

Posted by: JaneyMae 27-Dec-2003, 10:54 AM
QUOTE (CelticRose @ Dec 27 2003, 12:35 AM)
Actually, if I had it my way I would stay home and watch Dick Clark and the big ball drop, but as it is friends invited us to their home to celebrate so guess we need to be gracious and accept. sad.gif

I'm with you and the staying home. We are going to friends as we will be with folks we haven't seen in a year or two. It's one of those obligation things. wink.gif

I just wish one and all a safe New Year's Eve newyear.gif

Posted by: Annabelle 27-Dec-2003, 10:55 AM
I never go out for New Years Eve.

I have always felt it's like taking a Smith and Wesson and putting 3 bullets into the 6 chamber's and playing russian roullet. There are so many intoxicated people on the road that night. beer_mug.gif

I firmly believe if you don't have to go out on that night don't.
If you can walk to the party, go!

I'm always so tired from all of the hu-ha the holiday's bring that I'd like a quiet holiday like New Year's to get me ready to go jump back in the human race the first of the week.

Also If you go to bed and get a good night sleep that night, did you ever notice New Year's day still arrives whether you stayed up for it or not!
Funny how that works hua? thumbs_up.gif

Annabelle

Posted by: Elspeth 27-Dec-2003, 12:04 PM
QUOTE (single speed @ Dec 27 2003, 10:34 AM)


I am not a big fan of New Years Eve. It reminds me of how little the human race has progressed in solving its social, economic, and polictcal problems.

terence

So should we pose the next question - how many find New Year's Eve to be depressing? *raising my hand*

Posted by: maidsmum 27-Dec-2003, 01:55 PM
New Years eve six years ago I went out to George Square in Glasgow for the bells (I was four months pregnant and stone cold sober). Five years ago I went out for a couple of hours with pals, but rushed home to see my son. Four years ago, my daughter was six days old, so I stayed in with her.

So I havent been out partying for seven New Years Eve's!!! Its impossible to get a baby sitter. Last year we were in bed for 11pm.

We have discussed having a party this year, but since nothing definate was decided I guess it won't be happening. My only hope is that Jools Holland is on - I love watching his show, the rest seems rubbish in comparison.

My pal will call round from around the corner, couple glasses of wine, then goodnight and off to bed will probably be all!!

God I feel (and probably sound) old!!!

Posted by: gaberlunzie 27-Dec-2003, 03:30 PM
During this year there have been some far-reaching changes in my life.
So I will stay at home that Eve and Night to reflect about the last year, to draw a line and to start into the New Year with courage and confidence, with clear mind and open heart.

May I offer you a RECIPE FOR THE NEW YEAR:

Take 12 months, polish them clean from bitterness, stinginess, being fuzzy and fear and cut each month into 30 or 31 pieces so that there will be enough for exactly one year.

For every single day put together one portion of work and two portions of humour and merriment. Add three big spoons full of optimism, one portion of tolerance and one grain of irony and a pinch of tact.

Then cover all with plenty of love.

Don't forget to decorate the dish with a wee bunch of little gifts and tokens and serve it daily with cheerfulness - and a fine and refreshing cup of tea!


I wish everyone here a Happy New Year - may your dearest dreams come true!

Take care!

Posted by: single speed 28-Dec-2003, 01:01 AM
QUOTE (gaberlunzie @ Dec 27 2003, 04:30 PM)


May I offer you a RECIPE FOR THE NEW YEAR:

Take 12 months, polish them clean from bitterness, stinginess, being fuzzy and fear and cut each month into 30 or 31 pieces so that there will be enough for exactly one year.

For every single day put together one portion of work and two portions of humour and merriment. Add three big spoons full of optimism, one portion of tolerance and one grain of irony and a pinch of tact.

Then cover all with plenty of love.

Don't forget to decorate the dish with a wee bunch of little gifts and tokens and serve it daily with cheerfulness - and a fine and refreshing cup of tea!


I wish everyone here a Happy New Year - may your dearest dreams come true!

Take care!



Gaberlunzie

Just when I thought that it was safe to be cynical, I read your inspiring recipe. Thanks. Happy New Year!

thumbs_up.gif beer_mug.gif

Cheers to all!

terence

Posted by: gaberlunzie 28-Dec-2003, 05:03 AM

You're welcome, Terence; Happy New Year! smile.gif

Posted by: JaneyMae 28-Dec-2003, 10:43 AM
QUOTE (maidsmum @ Dec 27 2003, 01:55 PM)
God I feel (and probably sound) old!!![/font]

Oh, Child! You are still a babe if you have wee ones at home. Don't cut yourself that deeply. Time will do that way too soon lol.gif

Posted by: Elspeth 29-Dec-2003, 06:29 AM
QUOTE (single speed @ Dec 28 2003, 02:01 AM)

Just when I thought that it was safe to be cynical, I read your inspiring recipe. Thanks. Happy New Year!

thumbsup.gif beer_mug.gif

Cheers to all!

terence[/SIZE][/color][/font]

Wait, don't take my New Year's cynicism from me! tongue.gif

Actually I don't find myself being cynical, probably because I never expected this world to be much more than it is. Even Jesus said the poor will be with you always. Perfection isn't for this world and human nature doesn't change. So, while the crimes and misdemeanors may change, the amount of events that provoke cynicism or inspire hope remain unaltered.

I find New Year's Eve to be poignant, I always have, even as a child. There is such a sad quality to the night, something I?ve never quite put my finger on. A leaving behind perhaps? A knowing things will never again be the same? The fear of leaving the familiar?

Whatever it is, it has always left me with a sense of sad poignancy.

Waxing poetic in this pre-dawn hour.


Posted by: tartangal 29-Dec-2003, 07:52 AM
I know that it almost amounts to heresy in these parts but I'm not staying up for the bells at Hogmanay.I have to work for the next 4 days (12.5 hour shift) which means I have to get up at 5 am. sad.gif
The old bones just can't take that amount of abuse on top of a late night. rolleyes.gif
The hospitals here are always busy at that time of year so I'll need all the sleep that I can get!!

Posted by: Catriona 29-Dec-2003, 10:18 AM
Going to bed BEFORE THE BELLS? unsure.gif And do you really think your family will let you sleep? biggrin.gif

I remember Hogmanay at A&E in RIE (don't ask, long story!).... FRIGHTENING! They kept mattresses out in a storeroom because they always run out of trolleys, or so the doctor I was dating told me.....!

You do a vital job, for very little thanks, Jules. So please accept mine - and I am sure you will not take it amiss when I say I hope I don't need to call on your services, any time soon!

Posted by: Annabelle 29-Dec-2003, 11:22 AM
There is a new bubbly out this year that comes from Nappa Valley and comes in a blue bottle and has a blue gum ball in the bottom of it.
Celebrate 2004!

Annabelle

Posted by: single speed 29-Dec-2003, 06:31 PM
QUOTE (Elspeth @ Dec 29 2003, 07:29 AM)

I find New Year's Eve to be poignant, I always have, even as a child. There is such a sad quality to the night, something I?ve never quite put my finger on. A leaving behind perhaps? A knowing things will never again be the same? The fear of leaving the familiar?




I have never thought of it as a sense of loss, but I think that this is part of my cynicism. Much of my disdain for the day comes my own mortality. As I grow older, NYE becomes more of a "couples" holiday. As a single person, the evening becomes less attractive.

Oddly enough, last year, I was in a serious relationship at New Years. However, I caught a cold a few days after Christmas. I ended up spending NYE at home sick. (Alone, I might add).

Happy New Year everyone. Pardon my Grinchiness.

terence


Wait! On second thought, I just received an invitation to a party! I'm going.

Posted by: gaberlunzie 29-Dec-2003, 06:47 PM
QUOTE (Elspeth @ Dec 29 2003, 07:29 AM)
QUOTE (single speed @ Dec 28 2003, 02:01 AM)

Just when I thought that it was safe to be cynical, I read your inspiring recipe.  Thanks.  Happy New Year!

thumbs_up.gif  beer_mug.gif

Cheers to all!

terence[/SIZE][/color][/font]

Wait, don't take my New Year's cynicism from me! tongue.gif

Actually I don't find myself being cynical, probably because I never expected this world to be much more than it is. Even Jesus said the poor will be with you always. Perfection isn't for this world and human nature doesn't change. So, while the crimes and misdemeanors may change, the amount of events that provoke cynicism or inspire hope remain unaltered.

I find New Year's Eve to be poignant, I always have, even as a child. There is such a sad quality to the night, something I?ve never quite put my finger on. A leaving behind perhaps? A knowing things will never again be the same? The fear of leaving the familiar?

Whatever it is, it has always left me with a sense of sad poignancy.

Waxing poetic in this pre-dawn hour.


Elspeth,

I know what you are talking about. I also felt that way for a rather long time. Not in the way of loss directly but in the sense that something's going to be over irretrievably.

Now I'm thinking different. It's no longer an end but a new beginning; the moment to say "yes" to the fact that another year filled with life is waiting for me - and I'm curious how it will be and ready to live it - each single day!

Posted by: Kasia 30-Dec-2003, 12:50 AM
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New Year's Eve has never met any of the great expectations that folks seem to have.Too many fools out tempting fate just for the hell of it.
I think himself and I will just stay home with a nice bottle of something, and wait for Guy Lombardo to come o TV.

New Year's Day always seems to be the longest, dullest , darkest day of the year because my family is always holed inside in front of the television. This year will be no exception with USC in the Rose Bowl. I will be continuing my one real New Year's tradition: taking down the holiday tree.
sigh...
Kasia

Posted by: BriMonster 30-Dec-2003, 08:29 AM
Living in Manhattan there is no way you would catch me even close to Times Square, or watching Dick Clark on TV. The Upper East Side is known to be home to a few Irish bars, and by a few I mean a lot! I think me and my sweetie will fight our way into our favorite pub on the early side and come home to toast the New Year together, and alone. I'll be travelin' in the morn and I'd rather do it feeling human than hungover. Cheers!

Posted by: Elspeth 30-Dec-2003, 08:52 AM
QUOTE (single speed @ Dec 29 2003, 07:31 PM)


I have never thought of it as a sense of loss, but I think that this is part of my cynicism. Much of my disdain for the day comes my own mortality. As I grow older, NYE becomes more of a "couples" holiday. As a single person, the evening becomes less attractive.

Oddly enough, last year, I was in a serious relationship at New Years. However, I caught a cold a few days after Christmas. I ended up spending NYE at home sick. (Alone, I might add).

Happy New Year everyone. Pardon my Grinchiness.

terence


Wait! On second thought, I just received an invitation to a party! I'm going.

A party!

How exciting!

We haven't done parties on NYE since BC (before children). Yes, it's fun to spend NYE with them, but then I spend every day with them. Being free enough to go to a party sounds like a lot of fun to me. (pardon the grinchiness of a stuck in the house mother)

Have a good time single speed and drink one for me.

Posted by: Elspeth 30-Dec-2003, 09:36 AM
I was just thinking of the last time I wasn't home on NYE. It would have been six years ago. I was in the hospital. Our youngest was born on Dec. 30th. rolleyes.gif Do I know how to party or what?

Posted by: 3Ravens 30-Dec-2003, 08:02 PM
Jules,
I'll be in my hospital, doing my 12.5, and thinking of you doing your 12.5! I will actually be at work on New Years Eve, since I work nights. I only have to work 3 in a row, though. Got some of the non-exploding crackers to share with the other nurses and the patients. Wheee! What a party! laugh.gif

Posted by: maisky 30-Dec-2003, 08:12 PM
QUOTE (JaneyMae @ Dec 28 2003, 11:43 AM)
Oh, Child! You are still a babe if you have wee ones at home. Don't cut yourself that deeply. Time will do that way too soon lol.gif

You tell them, Granny! wheelchair.gif

I bet that we "older folks" still remember how to party! wine.gif

Posted by: Gormonbozia 31-Dec-2003, 03:52 AM
I am organizing a party at my home only for my friends:)My parents are here to, but they will be with us. Happy New Year everyone!!!!

Posted by: JaneyMae 31-Dec-2003, 11:16 AM
QUOTE (maisky @ Dec 30 2003, 08:12 PM)
You tell them, Granny! wheelchair.gif

I bet that we "older folks" still remember how to party! wine.gif

And don't you forget it "older" brother lol.gif wheelchair.gif


Today is my baby boys 35th birthday! Happy birthday to my baby redheaded son!!!

Posted by: Elspeth 31-Dec-2003, 11:20 AM
Yesterday was my baby boy's birthday. Aren't baby boys grand?

Posted by: CelticRose 31-Dec-2003, 04:21 PM
Oh, Elspeth! How so very sweet! When he gets older he will really want to be celebrating the New Year! Oops! probably shouldn't have told you that!

I hope you have a really special NYE. I am going out of town tonight to celebrate with many long time friends.

Posted by: Mailagnas maqqas Dunaidonas 31-Dec-2003, 06:00 PM
I'll be staying home with my family. Will llikely have a Guiness or two, and see whether I make it to Midnight or not. Our family tradition is to wish our youngest son "Happy Birthday" at two minutes after Midnight.

Posted by: andylucy 01-Jan-2004, 12:08 AM
Happy New Year, everyone.

I am sitting at my comm console, protecting and serving the citizenry of my small town. So far, it has been quiet. thumbs_up.gif

Best wishes for the New YEar!!

Andy

Posted by: CelticRose 01-Jan-2004, 03:45 PM
Oh good for you AndyLucy! I was very good. We drove an hour and half to attend a friend's party and we didn't drink at all. Came home at 1 am and had our beer at home to celebrate! Then off to beddie bye!

Hope you all are having a great New years Day watching all the sports games and such. I am taking my Christmas decorations down.

Posted by: MDF3530 01-Jan-2004, 03:51 PM
My friend Nathan came over. We had a few beers, played darts (he beat me 2 games to 1) and watched Scary Movie on DVD.

Posted by: Aon_Daonna 01-Jan-2004, 04:24 PM
Aberdeen Hogmanay was cancelled due to bad weather and the big hogmanay street party in Edinburgh as well because of all the wind.

We went back to our flat at 10 because the weather was getting really bad so we watched the fireworks from our living room window... they had nice ones in musselburgh =)

Posted by: Raven 01-Jan-2004, 07:04 PM
We played music from 10 until 2 in the morning. Had a champaign toast at midnight,,,sang Auld Lang Syne and threw confettie. Not necesarily in this order smile.gif

Got to bed around 4pm and slept until 8:30.

I am very tired now
unsure.gif
Mikel

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