Do you stay up until midnight and tune into a news station to watch the ball drop? Do you make any New Years' Resolutions?

I usually do both of those things but I never do anything else.

First of all, what's the ball drop?
Second of all, I don't make new year's resolutions really, not a lot of people do in holland in my knowledge, ANYWAY.


Usually I go outside to fire off some fireworks, but i'm not so sure this time, I mean, eh. Maybe i'll be outside for a little bit and fire off some fire crackers () But that's about it.

Oh, yeah I forgot. I'm gonna watch Ik hou van holland, Which translates to I love holland. But that's before 2015

Beer and or work

(yep that's it)

imamonster :  Cool! A lot of people in my area fire off fireworks on New Year's.

To my knowledge, only my country (the United States) does this. The ball drop is an event that's broadcasted live on TV. It's a huge gathering of people who celebrate and count down to the second the New Year begins. They also drop a giant ball down this tower thingamabob (I think, I'm not sure what it's actually like, I only pay attention to the countdown part ).

I just Chile out with a cold beer. If I'm in the mood I watch the ball drop. To be honest I never got in to holidays. My mom always got the family together. For these events with her gone it's just makes me sad now.

We start the year with cheering because the clock on the tv shows that the new year has begun. We're maybe going to fire off some fireworks then and we're going to watch the other fireworks as well. And best of all, we're going to eat 'oliebollen' (dough balls with raisins in them, often eaten with powder sugar) and applebeignets (dough cakes with apples and raisins inside)! 
We also have something called 'the new year eve dive' which is just a mass of people running in the sea or a lake and then running out. I have never done it before and I think I'm going to skip it this time, but I think that I'll do it once just to experience what it's like.

It varies really,  sometimes stay up with my family and watch the ball drop thing and occasionally some of my friends might invite me to a casual New Year's party with their family. Aside from that though, I don't really have anything else set aside as far as celebrating goes. My friend already invited me to a party this week for the new year, and I might watch the ball drop if I'm able. Before the new year, I come up with a short list of goals of things I want to accomplish and goals I want to set for the upcoming year. 

Pull an allnighter! 

Normally family would come over and we would eat good food and the usual likes, but my dad is currently sick, so that won't be happening. 

Since the girl I'm with is already at her family, I'll stick to the internet, videos, and games to celebrate. Possibly have a few friends join me for a bit on skype just being random and having fun.

allnighter of course and playing my bff together

PacmanandMariofan : Oooh, I believe that we also count down to the new year on dutch TV. Not the ball part, though. EDIT: Holy crap, juul you reminded me!

I'm also gonna eat oliebollen, lots of them. And Appelflappen!! (Look it Up I can't explain it.)

I usually just work.

For 2010-2012, I rang in the new year behind the bar (as a bar tender) with no one in attendance.  My bar wasn't really the kind of place you'd go for a new year's celebration.

Last year,  I was at my new job sitting at my computer at the hospital nearby a nurse practitioner whom I only vaguely knew.  Wafting through the air from a patient's room down the hall, we heard the sound of "8-7-6...." from the ball drop on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve.  The Nurse Practitioner turned her head around.  I turned my head towards hers.  We stood up, smiled, and gave each other a big hug.  ...Then we sat back down and got back to work- the only sounds being the beeps and bloops from the heart monitors. 

This year, I'm back at the hospital again for another night shift.

So, no real traditions, unfortunately.

As for those of you who don't tune in to New York City's ball drop- you're missing out!  It's the only way to ring in the new year!

I stay up until midnight, mostly with various things on TV, mostly chat shows until it hits midnight.

PacmanandMariofan : Eat lotsa spaghetti!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm probably one of the weirdos that doesn't do anything.  haha. I just honestly don't care all that much for it.  I know a FEW times, my husband's family stayed up until midnight to start the new year with a group prayer, and if my recollection is correct, we drank a bit of grape juice.  However, they don't seem to keep it as part of a regular tradition.

Starting a new year is great, but I don't actually do anything special other than reflect on the previous year and then take a few months erasing the old year every time I date something.

PacmanandMariofan : *Enters Time Machine, travels back to 2014* Ahem, first of all, I'm already in the future . Hmm, what do I do when I usually kick off New Year? I usually stay up late with my family until Midnight comes. We wear some decorated masks, hats, and etc... Thank God we didn't miss the countdown this time. (We caught it at 6 seconds!). After the end of the countdown, we screamed full of joy. We hugged each other :3. And, for the New Year's resolutions? I'm not sure about that.... Oh yeah! I do remember once, (I don't remember which year), I wanted to do some resolutions. Such as being serious, stop searching weird things at the Internet. But later, I say "Screw this!!", and I return to the person I'm usually is. There you have it! Oh and, one thing: (Enters Time Machine, travels to the future, A.K.A 2015 ).

Not much really. Usually I just stay up and watch, listen or read something I really love so it'll be the last thing I did in the old year and the first I do in the new year. Tonight I'm having a mini Buffy The Vampire Slayer marathon with my brother and sister then I plan on sleeping in.

I always watch the entire new years show including the concerts and such that start a few hours before midnight, this it was the Carson Daly one, which I was actually at the taping for one of the bits. This year was the first time that I ever made a resolution and its a fun one. Throughout 2014, I want to marathon Digimon, Pokemon, and Yugioh. I only have a select amount of seasons for each show, bit if I can, I will try to watch every available episode for all of them.

I usually just watch the ball drop on TV, or some other special on TV. But, this year, I had a bit to drink. Maybe a bit too much... XD 

Once the New Year comes, what I normally do to kick of the new year, absolutely nothing. The reason why, I don't really go to any parties or go to and festivals for new years, because what's really the point of me going to them, I'm better chilling out at home when the new year comes, and next year will be no different.