Lifehacker’s Guide to Celebrating New Years
New Years Eve is just around the corner and you’re probably not sure what you’re going to do yet. Log off? To stay home? Alone? With friends? Do not worry! Let the Lifehacker staff convince you that their way of celebrating this (often frightening) holiday is the best way.
Personally, I think you should definitely get out, despite the growing pressure from retail outlets who want you to stay at home and order seamless. You can spend a lot of money sitting on the couch pretending that you don’t care that everyone you know is at the party. As FOMO grows, your accounts will grow! You have your whole life to do nothing on the couch. Why choose a night out when there are so many places serving champagne?
This does not mean that I think New Years Eve should be big. Not at all – the new year can be hectic, tiring and not very fun. So what? This is a ceremony. Putting on a festive outfit and enjoying the opportunity to celebrate the new year is a sign that you don’t care about the future and you want to share it with people you care about. It doesn’t have to be the funniest night of your life, but it should be marked with as many bells and whistles as possible. But not everyone agrees with me.
Alicia Adamchik
staff writer
Every year my mom makes crab legs and a lot of other great food. As a teenager and college student, I thought spending a night with my parents sucked, but after too many unsatisfactory New Year’s parties, I look forward to welcoming my mom, dad and yummy New Years. seafood.
Nick Douglas
Staff writer
My absolute ideal is to have a small party with 8-12 friends in my home (enough to split into two or more conversations). My wife and I have a newborn this year, and we can go to bed by 10, but we’re still trying to entice a friend or two to spend an evening with us, watching the Brooklyn 99 and Community holiday episodes and sharing half a bottle of the drink. sparkling rose wine.
Melissa Kirsch
Chief Editor
New York is a special hell on New Years Eve. It’s cold, the metro is packed with drunken hooligans, there are no taxis, Ubers and Lyfts are skyrocketing, and there’s no guarantee the party you’re going to won’t suck. However, I insist that you go for a walk on New Year’s Eve. When you get dressed and go out, your new year starts off right. This is an optimistic step, a ceremonial gesture that says, “Damn it, this is going to be MY year.”
However, the real tip for the pros is to plan a brunch for New Years . Either book a table or deliver a bunch of bagels and invite all the friends who left and had a bad time the night before. Not too early – midday is probably a good time to start. People will come with glitters in their hair and stories, which, by the way, are two main attributes of all the best brunch guests.
David Murphy
senior technical editor
I am always an advocate of staying at home and ignoring the holidays – like watching a ball drop on TV, etc. It’s great to just turn on a movie and have a nice, peaceful evening.
Megan Walbert
interim parenting editor
Before childhood, we loved to make day or two day trips to a neighboring town. We rented a hotel room on the main street and walked around town with bars. Post-kid, we try to go out to do something with the whole family during the day and then play board games, eat good food, put on a Netflix New Years countdown show for kids, toast and call it tonight.
Joel Kahn
senior video producer
Hot takeaway: The best place to celebrate the New Year is on an airplane: you can see ALL the fireworks on the onboard entertainment system, you have a good reason to skip your friends’ parties, but you are not entirely alone. Moreover, it is cheaper to fly then.
After all, this is your night and you can spend it however you want. But when you die, there will be many pleasant, peaceful evenings.