I agree w/ you all on the drinking thing--hate it. Doesn't taste good, ppl use it as an excuse to do stupid things, you possibly could spend the night and/or morning sick, etc. I'm proud to be shameless enough that I don't need alcohol to lower my inhibitions--many a time I've sung, danced and skipped down the streets of NYC w/o anything in me, actually many friends are scared of what I might do drunk. And then losing balance, it's just...pointless IMO. There are so many ways to have fun w/o it.
One tradition that I believe last year was missed. We always watch Dick Clark's rockin New Years Eve and someone in my family always says god, how old is he?? Every year, never fails. But he wasn't on last year
I mean so many ppl consider this a party/social/out w/ friends holiday and I've always seen it and celebrated it as a family affair w/ games and togetherness and such, usually I list it as my fav holiday, I think it is. One year I went to a friend's house which I guess was fun, but I missed the family New Year's. Really excited for this year's but I'm way too addicted and I know I'll find ways online despite the craziness here.
"If there was a Mount Rushmore for Broadway scores, "West Side Story" would be front and center. It snaps, it crackles it pops! It surges with a roar, its energy and sheer life undiminished by the years" - NYPost reviewer Elisabeth Vincentelli