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Wherever you are, HAPPY NEW YEAR! That it’s 2020 doesn’t seem quite real, does it? But here we are!
Everyone has New Year’s traditions, even if it’s just watching the ball drop in Times Square on TV. There’s been a traditional Peach Drop here in ATL but it’s not happening this year.
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My favorite tradition is going to bed before midnight and missing the whole thing…haha! I find New Year’s Eve depressing.
We really don’t have any new year’s traditions, but when I was little I always loved popping open a bottle of sparkling grape juice
Champagne!
Our New Year’s is pretty quiet, but we do drink a toast to the New Year.
being with family 😀
Playing cards while waiting for the ball to drop!
I don’t really have any.
Staying home and watching the ball drop on TV!
I don’t have any.
staying up late and watching the ball drop.
Have none, mine is to practice self care.
We always pop open a bottle of bubbly to ring in the New Year.
What’s your favorite New Year’s tradition? I don’t have one……
Years ago we would go out or to friends but to many drunks on the road now so we just stay home
I don’t have one
I don’t have any new year’s traditions- it’s just another day to me.
What’s your favorite New Year’s tradition?
When I was a teenager me and my BFF would stay up watch a marathon of movies until the new year rang. Now I just read or go to bed. ^_^
Eating a special dinner.
Eating so much food! Thanks for the giveaway. 🙂
I enjoy staying up until Midnight.
I usually like to watch a movie on New Year’s Eve.
Watching a memorable movie.
our family has a memory jar and we write down cool things during the year and then read them out loud on new years eve!
My favorite new years eve tradition is a special dinner like lobster.
The whole family doing yardwork. I know, it’s cruel, but it’s the only time I get any help.
Being in bed by 9pm
don’t have one
My favorite new year’s tradition is staying up until midnight to count down to January 1st 🙂
I don’t have any.
I usually just go to bed early haha!
Having a glass of champagne at midnight.
Go to bed early and catch up on sleep!
I used to stay up and watch the ball drop but I no longer have New Year’s traditions!
My favorite New Year’s tradition is going to bed early!
I enjoy the chance to wish all my friends a great new year on social media. So, have a fantastic 2020 everyone!!
I don;t have any new years traditions we always spend a quite night at home
Watching the ball drop with my Children and grand kids
Don’t have one go to bed because I get up early for work even on News Year Day
Be more proactive. Thank you
I dont have any.
Spending the night having game night with the family!
We don’t do anything besides eat Black Eyed Peas and Cabbage
My favorite tradition is making tamales with my daughter-in-law.
We love eating black-eyed-peas with collard greens here in the south for good luck.
I don’t have any
I don’t really have any NYE/NY traditions….it’s kind of whatever comes up and we usually stay in.
I don’t have any New Year’s traditions.
On New Year’s day I always make black eyed peas and corn bread like my mother and grandmother always did.
Eating Hoppin John at my friend’s NYD party.
Thanks for the contest.
Watching the ball drop.
I like cooking and then eating “good luck” Southern foods like ham, greens, and black eyed peas on New Year’s Day.
I do not really have a favorite.
My favorite New Year’s tradition is to sleep in, lol. Thanks for the giveaway!
We do take out and watch a movie or two until midnight pop some champagne then we go to bed.
Waking up to the noise at midnight and then going back to sleep.
I don’t have any.. It’s like a regular day for me.
We stay home and have pizza and watch tv every year
I honestly have no real traditions… just home with the kids!
My favorite tradition is getting a kiss from my hubby at midnight!
We always eat some sort of cabbage. Its a favorite.
Kissing my husband at midnight!
I like drinking a mimosa at midnight!
We do not have one just to have a nice family dinner
My fave tradition is eating a big meal with the family on new years day 🙂
Toasting Martinelli’s with my family and then calling our close relatives so we can wish them a happy New Year.
Being hopeful & getting rid of things/thoughts that hold me back.
I don’t have any new year traditions.
I don’t have any.
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My favorite new tradition is having friends and family come over on New Year’s Day .
None really as we don’t make them. Its a daily living choices for us, no particular day
No real dinner just little stuff like shrimp cocktail, spinach dip with pumpernickel bread, and cheese and pepperoni :).
I don’t have any but I always look forward to the new year.
I eat 12 grapes (for each year of the next year).
I don’t have a new years tradition.
The tradition is just always hoping to sleep through it, and mostly, I do. 🙂
We always have a special dinner on New Year’s Day.
I went for one last walk around the park to see the city lights it was very nice. I hope you had a good time as well.
Now that we have grandchildren our favorite tradition is to have them sleep over on NYE so that their parents can have a night out and not worry about when they get home or have to wake up.
Just going out with my friends 🙂
Go out dancing at a hotel.
Our tradition is staying home on new years eve LOL
Stay up to see the new year come in.
My favorite is staying home and going to bed early.
We go out to dinner with friends
Staying in and reading.
Having the New Year’s toast.
We always eat black eyed peas and cornbread and that’s suppose to bring you good luck all year.
Talking with relatives and eating great food.
play board games with friends
We always make resolutions!
the kiss at midnight
Our tradition is staying home on new years eve LOL
We have friends over with lots of food and fireworks.
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WATCHING THE BALL DROP
I don’t really have any.
drinking sparkling cider
My favorite New Year’s tradition is ringing in the New Year with my best friend & her family. We always have the BEST time!
My favorite New Year’s tradition is watching the ball drop on television.
Staying home, out of the way of party folks. Can watch on tv. Plenty of fireworks already in my own neighborhood.
I like to clean out my closet on New Years Day.
My favorite New Years tradition is just hanging out with the kiddo while we wait for the ball to drop.
My favorite new years tradition is drinking champagne at midnight!
No Laundry or Cleaning New Years Day! its nice to have a break, but then you gotta spend all week making up for one day. lol
My favorite is going for a hike somewhere beautiful on New Year’s Day.
I don’t have any NYE traditions.
The only new years tradition my family has is to eat black eyed peas on new years day. Not my favorite thing haha
Honestly, I don’t really have one. I tend to watch the ball drop on TV though. This year, I went to a hockey game and there were indoor fireworks at the end and that was fun.
-Lauren
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I like setting goals for the year. Otherwise I barely know it’s new year’s.
My favorite New Years tradition is that on New Years eve we always have a big dinner of seafood.
Watching the ball drop on tv
My favorite New Year tradition is to have a quiet night at home (away from the craziness) with my husband with our favorite foods and activities and having a toast at midnight.
My favorite tradition is watching TV and reading until the New Year.
we do fireworks in our backyard
I don’t really have a favorite tradition. I usually stay home and think about how grateful I am for a new year.
I always just watch the ball drop on tv.
We have meatloaf, collards, and black eyed peas. We spend time with family.
My favorite new years tradition is hanging out with family & friends, partying until midnight and then climbing into bed by 1am. It’s really the only late night party I attend every year.
I enjoy staying up to watch the NYE celebrations
My favorite New Year’s tradition is the meal we have for New Year’s Day. We have a ham with turnip greens, black eyed peas and cornbread.
We get take out and watch movies for the evening with the family.
These days I just stay home to make sure my animals are taken care of.
In the past, it has been celebrating with my parents and other family. We all gather at my mom’s house. This year, I celebrated with my ex-boyfriends parents and siblings. lol I know it sounds weird…but they are my neighbors and even though I am not together with him anymore, I am still close with his mom and stepdad and his younger sister and brother. So, we played some games, ate some dinner, and then I was home and in bed by 10!
I don’t have any big traditions, but for the past couple of years I’ve entered the new year together with my boyfriend and that has been really nice 🙂
I sit home to watch the ball drop
I love watching the ball drop in Times Square on New Year’s Eve.
We always spend it with our military “family.”
My favorite New Years tradition is watching the ball drop on tv with my family.
A hug and a kiss.
We often have a little party at home with treats on New Year’s eve. Most of us don’t make it to midnight so we hold the party in the early evening.
Red underwear. And a lucky coin in my shoe! 🙂
We all go over my sister’s house and have a party and it doesn’t end till the ball drops on TV.
My favorite tradition is the New Year’s kiss!
I like watching the ball drop and eating snacks!
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I really don’t celebrate all that much any more.
pastrami sandwiches
We have a family dinner of blackeyes and turnip greens. Then we watch football.
Family brunch 😋
I like watching the ball drop.
don’t have any traditions anymore
To welcome the new year with my family.
What’s your favorite New Year’s tradition?
I don’t have any traditions , not realy….just drink and party till morning
THX
I work New Years Eve so there aren’t many traditions that we do.
we just have a quiet night in and i enjoy that
We don’t have any NY’s “Traditions” but it is a Holy Day of Obligation for Catholics, and also the anniversary of my father’s burial….so going to Holy Mass is a must! Thanks and God bless you!
Kisses
i love to go to bed early on new years eve and then spend the day watching tv on new years day
Watching the countdown at midnight.
I like being with family during this time
Drinking champagne at midnight
We geocache. There’s a new souvenir you can get each New Years Eve for finding a cache on the last day of the year and another finding a cache on the first day of the new year. So, going geocaching is something we do for New Years =) Also, New Years Day we celebrate the anniversary of hubby and my first date. 1/1/20 marked 14 years since our first one =)
My favorite tradition is watching the ball drop on tv with my family.
Making a big pot of lentil soup.
I really enjoy having rib and sauerkraut dinner with family!
I make and set goals on paper to keep a nice exercise program in order to lose some weight so I am able to reference where I am at at all times. I try to stick to it the best I can by viewing the reality.
Watching the ball drop.