Shot In The Dark: My Least Favorite Time Of The Year

December 31, 2004

My Least Favorite Time Of The Year

I've always hated New Years Eve.

Compared to the great holidays of religious or personal significance, New Years Eve has always felt like a sordid, depressing, noxious diversion. Comparing Christmas, Easter or Thanksgiving to New Years Eve is like putting the Passion up against a bachelors party at Hooters.

The hard part? Trying to entertain kids until midnight, followed by the completely anticlimactic watching of the ratzen-fratzen ball falling. Worse? My kids are beyond the point where the fact that "the ball" drops at 11PM fools them.

Not to say it won't be a fun night. The kids and I will find some New Years festivity or another - last years' Landmark Center party, followed by the street-level fireworks, was a kick. I always enjoy the evening, when all is said and done.

Anyway - Happy New Year!

Posted by Mitch at December 31, 2004 07:09 PM | TrackBack

Comments

I have a party tonight, but big whoop. I am going to be tastelfully late-- as in and hour and a half. I agree that New Year's Eve isn't that exciting. I found myself thinking today that a holiday right after Christmas seems like overkill.

Posted by: SareBabe at December 31, 2004 07:47 PM

C'mon, how can you not like a holiday that mixes alcohol and explosives? Hold my beer & watch this...

Posted by: Cybrludite at January 1, 2005 04:29 AM

Several years ago we came up with what we thought was a reasonable solution to the "kids up 'til midnight" problem. We celebrate the New Year at 12:00 am Greenwich Mean Time. Not only do the kids go to bed on time, but we get in a geography lesson as well.

We homeschool - does it show?

Posted by: Robert B. at January 4, 2005 08:55 PM