How do you handle New Year's Eve?

[rowech]

Poll to follow...

[Schmidty]

My daughter is having some friends over for a slumber/birthday party. I'll just do some cooking, baking, and watch a movie with my wife. It'll be my first New Year's Eve in a long time without alcohol, not that that's an issue anymore.

I'm not sure if I'll stay up all the way until midnight, but we'll see how loud the girls are. :)

[RainMaker]

Single (sort of) and home for the night. I do have a Bulls game at 2pm but otherwise I've found that I just hate New Years. Always people out who rarely go out and usually act like asses.

[Izulde]

Single and probably home for the night. All my New Year's plans I originally had set up fell through. Next year, though, I'll go back to Las Vegas a week early and spend New Year's there.

[terpkristin]

This year, I'm working (we just launched a satellite, so we're doing the early mission ops).

Usually I hang out with a group of friends, we do a party at someone's house.

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[Mustang]

Married, kids and home at night.

We will go out during the day and eat a early dinner out at a restaurant and head home.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Married, kid, home.

Had reached the point of staying home before the kid actually. It's strictly for amateur drunks & I had forfeited my amateur status many years prior.

[terpkristin]

Had reached the point of staying home before the kid actually. It's strictly for amateur drunks & I had forfeited my amateur status many years prior.

This is more or less why we do things at someone's house...cheaper to drink (and when I'm involved, better food too!), and plenty of room to let people sleep if they're too intoxicated to drive.

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[EagleFan]

Might take the kids up to New York during the day and then come back home during the evening. Debating about putting that trip off for their spring break (and maybe staying somewhere a couple days), not sure what kind of traffic/crowds there are up there during the day on New Year's Eve (wan to be out of there before the craziness).

[Sun Tzu]

I like to burn down a few churches, punch some military pukes in the face and promote general douchebaggery.

[Matthean]

I work at 5am on New Year's Day, so...yeah.

[jeff061]

Single and home. I'm borderline neurotic on the anti-social scale. So it's expected.

[RainMaker]

It's strictly for amateur drunks & I had forfeited my amateur status many years prior.
This can't be stressed enough. I've rarely ever had a good time on New Years. Every place is packed to the brim and filled with people who can't handle alcohol.

[cougarfreak]

Married, kids and home at night.

We will go out during the day and eat a early dinner out at a restaurant and head home.

+1. I hate being out on New Year's. Too many morons on the road.

[tarcone]

Me, my wife and kids are heading to a friends house for the evening. Game night, let the kids run wild. No alcohol for me. Home shortly after midnight I hope.

[B & B]

What no "working" option?

Still, not too shocked at the responses so far.

[Sun Tzu]

Heh

[sabotai]

Home for the night has been pretty standard for me, when in a relationship or single. I have gone to a total of 2 New Year's Eve parties, 1 was fine, and the other was a total disaster.

[Draft Dodger]

married, kids, home for the night. we have a few friends with kids the same age and we generally rotate hosting something. this year its at our house. we're ordering a heap of chinese food and the grownups will hang in the family room playing rock band (and drinking if the mood strikes) while the kids all play in living room.

[spleen1015]

married, kids, going over to a friend's house that has kids.

[Izulde]

Honestly, the best New Year's I've ever had was last year when I went to a friend's house for a couple days. I think the rotating friends houses idea is awesome. People can still get out of the house without the drunken fools hassle, or they can have the fun of hosting a party.

[Suburban Rhythm]

Married, kids, dinner out as a family semi early. Then come home and chill.

Kids are 6 and 4, so not sure we'll all make it til midnight...myself included.

[BishopMVP]

Going out, bringing my trout.

Was supposed to go skiing up at Sunday River with a large group of friends, but I have to work tomorrow now and I tweaked my MCL last week playing football in the snow, so I'll just go to a party in Boston instead. I've never done the bar thing on New Year's (and would probably hate it) unless you count when we went down to the Bahamas, but that's just awesome because they start their version of Carnivale at 2am and continue until dawn.

[SteveMax58]

Working... :(

[Raiders Army]

Casino tomorrow afternoon. Back by eight.

[Autumn]

We'll be out at a kid friendly celebration early in the evening with some fireworks, but then back at regular bedtime. We almost never do anything for New Year's Eve, even before kids. It never really got me excited.

[stevew]

What no "working" option?

Still, not too shocked at the responses so far.

Working also.

[Lathum]

We are skiing at Whistler this week so we will be in, probably a few drinks and an attempt to make it to midnight. We will probably watch the ball drop on my Father in Laws slingbox at 9 PM local time, midnight EST, so I can pull it off.

I haven't gone out in years, to many fools on the roads.

[Greyroofoo]

Casino tomorrow afternoon. Back by eight.

am or pm?

[Icy]

There is no a valid option for me, that should be:

- Married, kids, dinner at our home with more family, after midnight out to a friend's party (adults only).

[wade moore]

I put married, no kids, out for the night - but it's a night at a "First Night" event, so it's not exactly partying it up ;).

[Poli]

Dinner with four friends and my fiancé. Afterward we will head back to the house to play board games most likely...unless they want to try out the Kinect.

[BYU 14]

Celebrating a second Christmas with our son and his family since he could not get leave over Christmas. This is our Grandson's first Christmas, and just the excitement of seeing him open presents will keep us going past midnight.....

Have cut down going to parties on new years eve a lot over the last 10+ years. Too many crazies driving and getting drunk and stupid no longer carries the appeal it did 20+ years ago.

[Logan]

Might take the kids up to New York during the day and then come back home during the evening. Debating about putting that trip off for their spring break (and maybe staying somewhere a couple days), not sure what kind of traffic/crowds there are up there during the day on New Year's Eve (wan to be out of there before the craziness).

If it's not too late...I would push the trip back. The city was already crazy during the day yesterday and all the snow has made it feel much more crowded since it has made the sidewalks and streets tighter. Plus it's just a PITA to walk around with all the slush/huge puddles everywhere.

[MartinD]

Volunteered to go into work tomorrow, so I'll be staying in and having an early night (not that I would have been doing anything too big, anyway...)

[Young Drachma]

Single and working until at least 11pm. After that, no idea. Probably go out until just after midnight, though it's so cold...I'd be okay with not bothering.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

Well, engaging in horseplay with a shotgun is out.

Son of ex-NBA player Nick Van Exel charged with capital murder - ESPN Dallas (http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nba/news/story?id=5971855)

[MizzouRah]

Our kids are at my sister in law's house tonight and I'm not feeling so well, so the wife and I will go somewhere close for dinner and then maybe watch a movie and call it a night at midnight.

We are old and stuff! :)

[Raiders Army]

am or pm?

PM. I can't remember the last time we stayed up until midnight.

[Karlifornia]

married (not officially, but may as well be), no kids and staying home for the night...nothing about New Year's Eve out appeals to me anymore. Most people are just unbearable.

[lungs]

Last year I had a wedding and I don't remember midnight. This year I'm out in California and am going to the Rose Bowl tomorrow. Probably will keep it under control today/tonight so I'm not a pile of shit tomorrow. Though my brother just made me crack my first beer.

[AENeuman]

Shameless name drop. Went to a new years house party years ago in SF and the back guest house was being rented by Jeff Garcia. He showed up after 1 with a gang of girls.