Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
~Benjamin Franklin~
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New Years Eve Trivia The First New Years Eve Celebration at Times Square took place in 1904 at the New York Times Headquarters.
The First News Years Eve Ball dropped in 1907. This balled weighed 700 pound and was 5ft wide. It also had 100 lights.
Popular New Years Eve songs include "Auld Lang Syne" by Robert Burns, "1999" by Prince, "It Was a Very Good Year" by Frank Sinatra, "Happy New Year" by ABBA, and "Millennium" by Robbie Williams.
New Years Eve is also known as Old Year's Day or Saint Sylvester's Day in many countries.
"Auld Lang Syne" is a scottish poem written by Robert Burns and can be translated to long long ago, days gone by, or old times.
In Spain people eat 12 grapes before midnight on New Years Eve for good luck throughout the following year.
Samoa, Tonga and Kiritimati (Christmas Island), part of Kiribati, are the first places to welcome the New Year.
In Brazil, New Years officially marks the beginning of the summer holidays, which last until Carnival.
In France, New Year's Eve (la Saint-Sylvestre) is usually celebrated with a feast, le R�veillon de la Saint-Sylvestre.
In Germany, New Years Eve is the only holiday for which fireworks can be sold.
In Portugal, people drink champagne and eat 12 raisins (one for each month of the year)
In Japan people eat Toshikoshi soba (buckwheat noodles), at midnight to say goodbye to the past year and welcome the new one.
In many countries that were once part of the Soviet Union, New Years has the same cultural significance as Christmas. People gather for dinner and exchange presents.
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New Years Eve Pick Up Lines Do you have a New Year's Resolution? I'm looking at mine right now. Let's ring in the New Year with a bang!
Hey can I follow you home? ("What?") "Oh sorry my new years resolution is to follow my dreams."
You must be the New Years Eve Ball, because the light around you guided me here.
Can I be your first mistake of the year?
Do you have a pencil? Cause I want to erase this past year and write our future.
You wanna know who would make my night complete? Read the first word in this sentence.
You must be the New Years Eve ball, cause the closer we get, the hotter you become.
Do you have a New Year's Resolution? I'm looking at mine right now.
"Excuse me miss, is it midnight? I'd check my watch but I can't take my eyes off you."
Wanna start the New Year with a bang?
Who took the lights out of the New Years Eve ball and put them your eyes?
Are you New Years, cause you make me Happy.
If I buy a soccer ball, will you kick it with me in the New Year?
Hershey factories make millions of kisses a day, but I'm asking for only one at midnight.
Boy: "So you going to kiss me at midnight or pretend to be a butterfly?"
Girl: (puzzled look)
Boy: "You know, pretty to see but hard to catch!"
I need a babysitter tonight cause my parents are going out for New Years..Interested?
I know how to say "Happy New Year" in 6 different languages, which one do you want me to use in the morning?
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Good morning everyboomie.
Welcome to the weekend!
I'm happy to see the weekend. Not happy to see Jason go.
I'm afraid it may be another 2 years before I see him again.
What's even worse is that it may be another two whole years before he gets to see me again.
Either scenario is not good.
We had a great week though, with great memories to cherish for however long it is.
Not much on plan for Saturday here. What about you guys?
Whatever you have going, have a great day.
joe