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My husband and I have never been big New Year's Eve
celebrators. Don't get me wrong: it's not that we don't love a good party -- we do -- it's the
dodging-all-the-crazies-on-the-road part we're not particularly fond of. Besides, let's face it: it's not
like it's all that easy to get a babysitter on New Year's Eve, especially since the goal of most babysitters on New
Year's Eve is to join all the crazies on the road.Fortunately, Ehow.com has come to the rescue with a cozy idea on how to celebrate New Year's Eve with your kids (or even with other close family friends who have children). In a nutshell, it involves the silly party hats and toasting the new year with fruit cider; however, it also includes sleeping bags, and (if you take the tip of one of the site's commenters) stargazing as well.
I love this idea. Of course, there'll come a time when our little daughter is going to want to join the crazies, but for now, while she's young?
I think this could be the start of a beautiful family tradition.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
12-26-2005 @ 12:45PM
Ann Adams said...We refer to New Year's Eve as "amateur night"and hide out at home. We buy a bottle of Martinelli's sparkling cider (in a champagne appearing bottle), some non-alcoholic eggnog, and celebrate with the girls.
If they hold out until midnight, they watch the ball drop at Times Square, and then go to the front door and scream Happy New Year. We always have neighbors awake who holler Happy New Year right back.
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12-26-2005 @ 1:57PM
Bonnie said...Ooh, these sound fun. And I LOVE ehow.com - you can lose hours of time surfing that site!
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12-26-2005 @ 2:51PM
suburban misfit said...Our friends have an annual (this is the 11th year) costume/theme party on New Year's Eve. For the past three years, I've been sending my children out-of-state so I can have my hangover in peace. Before that, my mother would come visit for a few days, or my MIL would come, or we'd find a sitter (they're not all that rare around here).
Works for us! Plus we get kid-free time and my parents get to spoil the bejeesus out of the kids (and they don't typically spend Christmas with us so it all works out)!
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