To not like New Year Celebrations?

In bed with the cat on my lap! Happy New Year everybody!

Thanks for the info about the New Year Bank Holiday. I knew it wasn't a holiday in England but couldn't remember when it happened. I do remember my first New Years Day in Newcastle in the 60s. I was so surprised to find all the shops stayed shut. Think it was something that spread down from Sotland. I used to party then. Now I can't be bothered. Happy New Year all.

Well, here I am , Hootenanny on the tv, Mr P gone to bed, . (Well I think that's were he is ) Not even wished each other Happy New Year!

But the world will not stop turning, and as was said in "Gone With The Wind" "Tomorrow is another day" !

Best wishes to all

Happy New Year to all, even the Brexiteers.

thank you [Bethsheba]

Happy New Year Gransnetters everywhere. I hope its a peaceful year and we are all as healthy and happy as we can be.

When we were a lot younger we enjoyed first-footing. Husband used to have jet black hair so was suitable for the job. Carrying a piece of coal. I don't know the origin of this tradition.
Like the rest of you, now we don't do anything special.
It feels different today though, somehow.
All the best to all for 2018.

ps I've just noticed there's another thread about this.

Happy and healthy New Year to all.
I didn’t stay up,but as I was on my own yesterday, it seemed a bit silly?but I don’t feel I missed out. I will be popping the champers today and enjoying a lovely lunch ??

Ha ha Phoenix !

Were you being ironic when you typed Pedants Corner , New Years Eve and New Years Day ?
Did you deliberately miss the apostrophe each time

And best wishes to you too phoenix and everyone
throughout this New Year[s]

Just waiting for 'Valentines' now

One year as the clocks struck midnight and the start of the new year I was walking into the maternity hospital. Most exciting new year celebrations ever.

Fennel Ideally a first foot should carry a few things ,coal so you'll always be warm,salt to represent salary as it was used to trade with in ancient times,food ,usually shortbread or what we call bun...madeira or fruit cake ..for obvious reasons ..so we always have food and Whisky though it was other drinks before whisky appeared .I use the same piece of coal my late dad uses to first foot us the first New Year of our married life 43 years ago..its put carefully away with a wee bag of salt every year and I make sure our first foot has it before crossing our threshold.Wishing you all a Guid New Year ,a 2018 filled with all youd wish yourselves,Health ,happiness and prosperity .

Just do what you would do on any day and the rest float over your head.
Life is too short for getting stressed about something so trivial.

I used to enjoy New Year's Eve when I worked behind a bar. It was always a ticket only event, so fairly civilised and the customers were all cheerful and generally liberal with their tips! Now I don't work I can't really see the point of going out when I could just have a quick drink and go to bed!