We used to party at the club. Get all dressed up, drink heavily and take the golf cart home. But the best new years was a couple of years ago when I invited friends with children to come and spend the night and hang with us, parents and kids.
We had a great dinner, but around six Tom realized the house was full of excited children that would be staying up until midnight. He had the brilliant thought of changing all the clocks by three hours. We had been following the New Years party in New York on TV. The ball would fall at nine our time. If we could convince all the kids that it was midnight at nine we could put them to bed.
One parent wasn't sure he liked the idea of lying to the kids, but we convinced him they would not know the difference and he didn't have to say anything. It went off without a hitch. About 10 minutes before the ball was to fall in New York, we called everyone together in front of the TV with our toasting glasses. We watched the New York celebration and toasted in the new year. Tom ordered everyone off to bed. All the kids went without complaint since they thought they had stayed up past midnight.
The kids were asleep by ten. The adults popped a movie into the DVD player, and tried to stay up until midnight ourselves. We toasted in the new year with a calm house and calm parents and no whining over stimulated or over tired children. Tom's suggestion had been brilliant.
Now our kids go out to their own parties and we are still home watching TV until it is time to toast in the new year. Hopefully, this new year will be much less eventful and bring more cheer than the previous couple.
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