To not like New Year Celebrations?

I never enjoyed the few New Year ‘parties’ I’ve been to. Just a lot of standing around wanting to sleep, waiting for midnight, toasting, and bad singing of a Scottish song no one really understood the words of. Too much enforced jollity. I came to the conclusion many years ago that the New Year was quite capable of seeing itself in without my attendance.

May all your wildest dreams come true in 2018. May it be the best year ever with sunny days, a light drizzle in the early hours to water the gardens and no disasters.

Happy and Healthy New Year to all! I'm another who is quite content to sit by the fire with DH and Jools. Struggling to keep awake already after a busy day and still nearly 4 hours to go... I might not last!

????well whatever you are all doing tonight...I'm wishing you all peace,love&happiness for 2018????xxxx

We haven’t celebrated New Year for a very long time. When we lived in Navy married quarters we would have a get together with neighbours. When I lived at home we would watch The White Heather Club with Andy Stewart and maybe Kenneth McKellar. At least now they show Jools Holland and the fireworks. Don’t bother staying up till midnight anymore. Happy New Year.

I'd do pretty much anything to avoid going out on New Year's Eve. The kissing and hugging of strangers; drunks staggering and lurching about and the exorbitant cost of taxis after midnight just makes me want to stay at home. But each to their own! Happy New Year to you, whatever plans you have in store for this evening.

Best wishes.for 2018 to all on gransnet xx

The problem with New Year's Eve is it's only a week after Christmas and we tend to throw everything into THAT.

I'm quite happy to stay home by the fire with some nice things to eat and drink and watch the telly.

Happy New Year everyone.

Roll on, normality! Best wishes to one and all for 2018 but, by the time it starts, I'll be in bed with a good book. I stopped going out on NYE when I realised how much I dislike being kissed by strangers.

I always find New Year a little depressing. Absent friends, people who are no longer with us etc. I can’t wait for things to get back to normal and I can start to do everything I normally do. Having said that I wish everyone all the best for 2018!

I'm lukewarm about it. In the past have spent the evening with friends, done the fireworks and party thing but usually because I felt it would be rude not to go, rather than because I really wanted to. I do have a bit of an itch to be in London for one but doubt it will ever happen.

For the last few years its been just the two of us, we watch a film of our choice, raise a glass at midnight, sit quietly and think of those we love then see the fireworks on tv. That's the plan for this evening as well. I wonder if it's because my parents never celebrated NYE so I didn't grow up with it. Who knows? In any case my stance now is each to their own, celebrate at a party if you want but its equally fine not to.

So, good wishes to all on GN for 2018, I'll think of my virtual friends when I raise my glass at midnight.

Me too, but maybe that’s because I ve never been to a big celebration I feel a bit out on a limb as everyone seems so party minded, I really would like to be
Anyway very Happy New Year to you all I will raise my glass to you all at midnight xx

I agree Phoenix last year my bed called.
But was awakened by fireworks and my phone beeping with Happy New year messages.
So this year DH And I planned a quiet night in with Jools,
but as I have developed a scratchy throat and a thick head
I will probably see in the NY with a hot lemsip..

I would like to wish all GNers and their families a very healthy and peaceful 2018.

I've never had the enthusiasm for New Year celebrations that some have.
We do stay up for midnight but it's a quick toast to each other and absent friends/family for a happy, healthy year to come and off to bed.

I'm pretty lukewarm about it all, I have to say. Happy New year to you too, though.