Lowell, MA USA New Year's is a very reflective time for me. I like to think about the past year and wonder about the year to come. This year I drove home from a beautiful Winter Wonderland in the Hudson River Valley. Cooked myself a wonderful steak w/ veggies. Sorted through my year-end thoughts and wrote down my resolutions for the new year and fell asleep on the couch at about 11:30pm. It was a peaceful and fulfilling evening. Felicia, 34
Lowell, MA USA PARTIES!!!!!!!!!! Savannah Hah. I was babysitting 4 kids and all but the baby stayed up. It really sucked! Dianne, 16
Oshawa, Ontario CANADA I finished reading two good books; discarded a mediocre book; read a few chapters of mind-improving books and started reading an excellent fantasy novel. I was in bed by eleven. Jill, 60
Saylorsburg, PA USA I SPENT NEW YEARS EVE PREPARING SPAGHETTI FOR ABOUT 25 FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS I HAVE DONE FOR THE LAST 14 YEARS. WE EAT ANY WHERE FROM 5PM TO MIDNITE DEPENDING ON HOW LATE EVERYONE GETS HERE. IT WAS A TRADITION LEFT FROM MY FATHER. Marci, 55
Diamond, OH USA I went into Circular Quay - it's the main ferry terminal in Sydney, with a view of the Harbour Bridge - and watched the fireworks and the drunken people everywhere. Gavin, 15
Sydney AUSTRAILA New Year's Eve is a time to sit back and reflect on the past year and it's acomplishments and also to look forward to the coming year and all it has to offer. I got high with my friends and fell asleep on the floor. A-Dog, 18
McMinnville, OR USA I couldn't get too crazy this year, considering that I'm 7 months pregnant and must stay in a horizontal position all day long! Oh, and don't misunderstand that as a positive thing for my husband - sex is out of the question until after the baby is born! It's even the first instruction on my discharge papers from the hospital - NO SEXUAL INTERCOURSE! How lovely. Anyway, my husband made homemade French Onion soup with homemade french bread, and we watched "When Harry Met Sally" for the 20th time. After that we watched a little of the Dick Clark thing, which I had never seen in my life since I've always been out partying on past New Year's Eves. I feel SO OLD and boring! Susan, 32
Chicago, IL USA I spent the evening w/ my boyfriend and his friends whom I met for the first time. It was a very lovely evening. Stephanie, 25
TX USA Lol... by sitting on the couch and watching the fireworks in LoDo on television. Cool, huh? =) Jeremy, 13
Highlands Ranch, CO USA My boyfriend was sick so i just stayed home and played on the internet. One of the worst new year's ive ever had. Talia, 23
Wilton, CT USA Well, my husband and I rented a motel room out of town, went out to eat at a restaurant called Cooker's. It was really good. We were going to go to a local bar/dance club for the countdown and to dance a little but we got so tired, we stayed in the motel room,and watched the BillBoard countdown, and that has got to be the worst show on tv I have ever personally seen. It sucked so bad that it depressed me. I've never seen so many fake smiles and fakeness period in one arena in my entire life. Anyway, we stayed up for the countdown. At three o'clock, work called and my husband had to leave, to take his boss (godfather more like it)all the way to Knoxville just to find out that his flight was canceled and then he drove back to work, and to make a long story short, I was in the motel room ALONE from 3 to nine-thirty this morning, and when he finally got back to the motel room, I was ready to leave and I was so pissed off that I was ready to kill his boss for ruining our New Year's Eve getaway. I'm still pissed. Lisa J., 22
TN USA Drove in slush from here to my bf's house. Drove in ice from there to a hotel. Drove in ice from there to a party. Got wasted, blew kazoos, ate cocktail weenies, etc. Called taxi. Rode on ice back to hotel and slept through bf fetching car. Then back to his house and back to mine and slept another 10 hours. :) Firelady, 23
Dallas, TX USA Nice and mellow. My sister and her family and friends of ours came over to celebrate the New Year. We just hung out and drank and ate. My son had some of his friends over. Janet, 42
E. Brunswick, NJ USA I spent it quietly at my boyfriends house. It was me, him, and my son. Nothing too terribly exciting, but it was nice all the same. Maggie, 20
Sandwich, IL USA A family dinner, followed by an early bed with a good book. Jane, 60
West Linn, OR USA Quietly, at home...just me and my fiance. This is just the way I like it...having lived in the city and tried once at going to Times Square, I'll never do that again. I'd rather watch everyone freeze their asses off and act like a bunch of maniacs let-loose from the comfort of my own home -- no driving or traveling to worry about after the ball drops! As for parties...there are ways to make your own and have just as much if not lots more fun! I always miss my daughter on this night...but she has developed a sort of tradition over the past few years, of going to her best friend's house, eating till they drop and watching the MTV extravaganza on the tube. Sure I'd rather she were with me...but at 14, the last thing I wanted was to sit in the living room with my parents on New Year's Eve...so I let her go. She has a blast, and I'm content with my mellow and reflective atmosphere. Fisch, 45
Preston, CT USA Was supposed to go to see a friend perform in Boston but due to a storm ended up staying home with my girlfriend. Guess what we were doing at midnight. Alias Irrelevante My husband had to go to work at 4AM the next day so we did nothing. Reba, 51
Rockville, MD USA Actually, mine was rather boring this year...my friends and I were supposed to have a party, but it got canceled:( Sooo, i went contra dancing with my parents and then we came home, did a puzzle (old family tradition) and watched the ball drop on tv. Sarah S., 17
Ithaca, NY USA I played Uno with my mom while we watched Singin' in the Rain. Karen, 21
Marshelltown/Ames, IA USA I spent it with my good Buddy Weiser. Bruno, 31
Denver, CO USA Must I say? It was so lame! I stayed in with my honey and we rented the Patriot. We watched the ball drop, kissed, and drank some champagne. Then some hanky-panky might have followed, but enough about that! Tracy, 24
Ocean City, NJ USA At home, with my parents, b/c all 3 sets of plans fell through. Talk about a sucky year. Angela, 16
Aiken, SC USA One of my friends had a party so I went to that. The music was atrocious, and there wasn't any decent alcohol, but I had fun. It was a nice way to ring in the new year. Shanna,15
Cardiff ENGLAND I went to the First Night celebration in Quincy, MA with a friend. We met up with some kids, but it was really cold and really boring (it didn't really live up to the hype) so we went home around ten. We ended up hooking up with those kids at the end, which made my boyfriend really mad. Karen2, 15
Boston, MA USA Anthony and I had a party at his apartment with many finger sandwiches, much food and drink, champagne at midnight, and, of course, the Question Game (tm). Amy, 24
New Orleans, LA USA I don't really feel that safe driving around on New Year's Eve, so I spent the night at a friend's house with a small group of friends. Eric, 18
Beverly Hills, CA USA on new years eve, i went over this girl jills house. i got really trashed to the point i couldn't see people standing five feet in front of me. i had fun. VeryProudOY