New Year’s Eve Traditions

New Year’s Eve is finally here and it’s time to say goodbye to 2018 and hello to 2019. How do you like to celebrate? Do you do anything special?

When we had children still at home we always celebrated New Year’s Eve with a pizza and seafood party. Yes, we’re a seafood family! We would spend 4-5 hours steaming up shrimp, crab legs, lobster tails, oysters, etc. When it came to pizza, we always had it delivered by our favorite pizza joint.

After devouring a whole bunch of food we would sit down to play some of our favorite board games while watching a movie on TV. We would stay up late to watch the ball drop and then all fall into bed.

We’ve been empty nesters for the past few years and do things differently now. Sometimes we’ll go out for dinner & drinks with friends and at other times we’ll head downtown into the city to watch the strawberry drop & the fireworks show. It all depends on the weather and our mood. We no longer watch the ball drop on TV as it has become boring over the years and we don’t like the entertainment on TV leading up to and after it drops. Blah!

So, how do you like to celebrate New Year’s Eve? Do you have any family traditions? Things you like to do year after year? We would love to hear about it!