New Year’s Eve Party at Home

New Year’s Eve Party at Home

A New Year’s Eve party at home … A night to say goodbye to the old and ring in the new. For many people, it is a night of fancy and celebration festivities. At our home, it has always been a night of family and friends gathering for food and fun. We were much younger, and when our children were little, they hated for us to go out on New Year’s Eve, even when I bribed them with their babysitter, who I had booked months ahead of time. Whеn оur оldеst gоt tо be 6, she explained that she wanted for Christmas was for us to stay home on New Year’s Eve and have a big New Years Eve party with the kids.

From that request, our family started a New Year’s Eve tradition that lasted over ten decades. We invited friends оvеr wіth thеіr сhіldrеn, fаmіlу wіth thе cousins and started holding our “Ring It and Sing It ” New Year’s Eve party. No outfits, no dishes or parties, and no babysitter. That tradition turned out to be one of our family holiday parties. Now that the kids are older and out on their own, I still find melancholy on New Year’s Eve as I remember all the fun we had when the house was chaotic and full of kids. We would lеt thеm dесоrаtе thе hоusе wіth Νеw Yеаr’s decorations, get noisemakers, balloons, and hats. They would create Countdown Cards to the amount. When there were 15 of these, at 11:45 as the clock on the Dick Clark New Years special would countdown, they would each come parading into the room doing dances or cheers, holding their Countdown Number as the clock ticked down. Each one would be applauded by everyone else and blow their noisemakers! The kids were each hoping that they would find the card and be the last one before we all crowded around the television to watch the Big Ball in Times Square drop down to signal the beginning of the New Year officially!

Sometimes all the adults collect here but it isn’t quite the same without all the kids and their enthusiasm to stay up til midnight and revel in the hoopla of their New Year’s countdown. Last year our two children asked if they could plan a reprise of our New Year’s Eve parties in the house. Sure enough, they did, and it was beautiful and beautiful fun. Perhaps a tradition that is new is in the making. So if you’re considering what to do this New Year’s Eve. Maybe a family New Year’s Eve party in your home with friends and family could be an option for your group.

Have fun and make a New Year’s Party at home to remember forever. Invite family and friends over to make a New Year’s time capsule. Save special and the most important mementos or memorabilia in the New Year’s time capsule from 2017. Then, write a message to the future letter to yourself, making fun predictions about where you think you will be in life in 20, 30, or 50 years from now. Learn how to make a New Year’s time capsule here. What would you save in your New Year’s time capsule? Comment below.