Fun New Year’s Eve Traditions

How many of you have fun New Year’s Eve traditions that you do year after year? When I was a young child we used to spend NYE at my aunt and uncle’s house eating pizza, playing card games and watching the ball drop on TV. Once I reached my teenager years I usually spent the night at a friend’s house or a friend spent the night at my house. We would stay up late watching the ball drop, eating pizza, potato chips, etc. We would sleep until noon the next day!!!

When our daughter was a little girl we would order out for pizza and have a family game night while watching the ball drop on TV. She used to love playing the game RISK or Monopoly on New Year’s Eve. Of course, Sam used to beat us all of the time so we would gang up on him!!!

Now that we’re grandparents and in our middle-age years we’re quite happy to spend a quiet evening at home. Sam steams up some shrimp & crab legs which we devour with pleasure. I usually retreat to my craft room for a little crafting time while he watches a movie on TV. We rarely watch the ball drop anymore as it’s just as exciting as it used to be. Sigh.

So….what kind of New Year’s Eve traditions do you have?