Go Back  Quiltingboard Forums >
  • General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
  • I don't get New Year's Day being such a big holiday >
  • I don't get New Year's Day being such a big holiday

  • I don't get New Year's Day being such a big holiday

    Thread Tools
     
    Old 12-31-2010, 06:59 PM
      #1  
    Power Poster
    Thread Starter
     
    BellaBoo's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Jan 2009
    Location: Front row
    Posts: 14,646
    Default

    I guess it marks another year the world made it but I don't get the big holiday hoopla. Most local government here was closed Thursday and Friday. Most businesses closed at noon Friday. I need a prescription filled and the pharmacy was closed today (Friday). New Year's Eve has become dangerous in my area. Drunk drivers, teens out of control, so many fireworks the police can't make it to every complaint in neighborhoods. There is some good in it if you need extra cash. When I was divorced I use to make enough money baby sitting on New Year's Eve to make my house payment. DD is charging $40 per child to stay overnight at her house and she said she will have more then enough to pay a year's car insurance which is due in Jan. :-D
    BellaBoo is offline  
    Old 12-31-2010, 07:01 PM
      #2  
    Super Member
     
    amandasgramma's Avatar
     
    Join Date: May 2009
    Location: La Pine Oregon, USA
    Posts: 5,907
    Default

    I think it's a holiday that started as a way to get thru the long hard winters......or maybe by parents that are thrilled to have the Christmas holiday over with.
    amandasgramma is offline  
    Old 12-31-2010, 07:02 PM
      #3  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Jan 2010
    Location: Outer Space
    Posts: 9,319
    Default

    I'm with you BellaBoo.
    Candace is offline  
    Old 12-31-2010, 07:04 PM
      #4  
    Google Goddess
     
    Join Date: May 2009
    Location: Central Indiana (USA)
    Posts: 30,181
    Default

    Happy New Year to everyone
    craftybear is offline  
    Old 12-31-2010, 07:06 PM
      #5  
    Super Member
     
    Maride's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Sep 2008
    Location: New York, NY
    Posts: 2,735
    Default

    I don't get it either. I asked my daughter not to come home tonight. Is too crowded. She has to come by Times Square and is ridiculous the amount of people on the street to see a light ball drop and the majority of them will not even see it. She is much safer staying home. I was at Penn Station at 6:00PM and couldn't get out of there fast enough. The trains were packed. I needed to go to the pharmacy after, no way! Everything closed. Everything was open on Christmas Eve!
    Maride is offline  
    Old 12-31-2010, 07:16 PM
      #6  
    Super Member
     
    knlsmith's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Jan 2010
    Location: West central Illinois
    Posts: 2,919
    Default

    I agree. DH n I went to eat at outback and were gonna go to mall and do a little shopping (anniversary tomorrow) and the mall was closed already!! Not even 7PM!!
    knlsmith is offline  
    Old 12-31-2010, 07:26 PM
      #7  
    Senior Member
     
    geckogirl's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Feb 2010
    Location: Louisiana / Alabama
    Posts: 342
    Default

    My DH and I rented a movie from redbox (Prince of Persia) and while he is getting over a cold and I am coming down with a cold we had cheese and crackers for dinner and have fireworks to shoot later and even have sparkling white grape juice to drink with each other at Midnight :)

    He has to be at work at 6am tomorrow morning ... soooo yeah ...
    geckogirl is offline  
    Old 12-31-2010, 07:28 PM
      #8  
    Super Member
     
    ginnie6's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Aug 2009
    Location: SC
    Posts: 1,309
    Default

    we're not big on the holiday either......dh is already asleep and the only reason I am up is the kids wants to watch the ball drop and they have to do that in our bedroom cause its the only tv with an antenna. The older girls both went out to hang out at friends houses tonight and both are sleeping over so they don't have to drive later tonight. I do remember years though where I would have thought I'd died if I had to stay home for New year's eve....
    ginnie6 is offline  
    Old 12-31-2010, 07:28 PM
      #9  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Nov 2010
    Posts: 2,771
    Default

    nothing special here for us either. I went to watch night service at church, ate some dinner afterwards and came back home.
    frugalfabrics is offline  
    Old 12-31-2010, 07:28 PM
      #10  
    Super Member
     
    knlsmith's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Jan 2010
    Location: West central Illinois
    Posts: 2,919
    Default

    Originally Posted by geckogirl
    My DH and I rented a movie from redbox (Prince of Persia) and while he is getting over a cold and I am coming down with a cold we had cheese and crackers for dinner and have fireworks to shoot later and even have sparkling white grape juice to drink with each other at Midnight :)

    He has to be at work at 6am tomorrow morning ... soooo yeah ...
    I loved that movie. Jake G. Is very easy on th eyes! *giggle*
    knlsmith is offline  
    Related Topics
    Thread
    Thread Starter
    Forum
    Replies
    Last Post
    bearisgray
    Main
    36
    05-22-2015 10:20 PM
    Robin H
    General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
    87
    02-11-2011 10:25 PM
    kwhite
    Pictures
    102
    06-22-2010 03:20 PM

    Posting Rules
    You may not post new threads
    You may not post replies
    You may not post attachments
    You may not edit your posts

    BB code is On
    Smilies are On
    [IMG] code is On
    HTML code is On
    Trackbacks are Off
    Pingbacks are Off
    Refbacks are Off



    FREE Quilting Newsletter