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  1. Tanja
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    Our New Year’s Eve tradition is coming together with the family, eating oliebollen. There is no good translation for this Dutch treat. The best I can come up with is deep-fried dough balls. At midnight we wish each other a happy new year and go outside to meet with the neighbours. It is also customary to have fireworks, but I am not a fan of those.
    Tankie44 at gmail dot com

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    1. Kelly Jensen
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      Deep fried dough balls work for me!

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  2. Ami
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    No, not really. I don’t think New Year’s Eve as something special. I just sleep the night away and wake up the next day as usual. So boring that way LOL

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  3. Serena S.
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    It’s as special as it can be in my family. Besides being an excuse to eat, drink and meet friends and family, it has no deeper meaning to us. But it’s something I’ve always enjoyed. New Year’s Eve and Christmas are my favorite holidays, we get free time to enjoy ourselves.

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  4. Didi
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    We (the family and I) tend to stay up late on New Year’s Eve either to watch tv or just chatting until (at least) after midnight; we prepared some homemade stuff to munch on and generally just stay in. There’s firework that last for an hour on the park near our house so we just enjoy ourselves at home. 🙂

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  5. Kelly Jensen
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    Yay. So I’m not getting boring in my old age. Quite nights with friends, family and snacks is the way to go, eh?

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  6. jenf27
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    Our NYE tradition is to listen to the new music we acquired during the past year and each person in the family gives it a rating (1-5) and then we figure out the top 10 songs for the year which becomes a playlist. We also make and eat fun appetizers throughout the day and evening.

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  7. heath0043
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    I used to hit all the parties and suffer for a day or two. Now I stay home, watch Kathy Griffin and Anderson Cooper and then go to bed. Boring I know but my party days are just not what they used to be(thank God) but neither are the hangovers.
    heath0043 at gmail dot com

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    1. Kelly Jensen
      Kelly Jensen at |

      Amen to that!

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  8. Trix
    Trix at |

    I’m in a neighborhood where people shoot guns at midnight, so I usually stay home and lie low. The next day, though, I usually make black-eyed peas (a holdover from my Texan grandpa) and watch the Rose Parade and the hockey games on TV…

    vitajex(at)Aol(Dot)com

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    1. Kelly Jensen
      Kelly Jensen at |

      eeek!

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  9. susana
    susana at |

    Congratulations on the release, Kelly. I must recognise I do not have any New Year’s Eve tradition… Not much for celebrations or partying. As a general rule, I enjoy going for a walk early in the morning in New Year’s Day, if the weather is good enough. But that’s all I do
    susanaperez7140(at)Gmail(dot)com

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  10. Shirley Ann Speakman
    Shirley Ann Speakman at |

    My New Year celebrations are very tame we usually cook some sausage rolls and nibbles and have a drink at midnight and then all the phone calls begin wishing friends and family a Happy New Year.
    ShirleyAnn(at)speakman40(dot)freeserve(dot)co(dot)uk

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  11. Purple Reader
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    Congrats and thanks for the post. The book sounds great. For it to be a tradition, I guess it’s something repeatable, and about the only thing that way is spending it the last 14 years somehow with my partner, who is now my new husband –
    TheWrote [at] aol [dot] com

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  12. H.B.
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    Nope no NY tradition. I usually stay home like a normal night and just go about my business.
    humhumbum AT yahoo DOT com

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  13. dee
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    I used to stay with my grandmother when I was a kid. Now I don’t really celebrate. It’s just another day in my life. I *might* get something special for dinner, but I don’t do it every year. Usually I just read a book or I hang out online playing games with friends, who also don’t celebrate. Boring, I know. But I like it that way^^

    kragthang AT aim DOT com

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    1. Kelly Jensen
      Kelly Jensen at |

      Quiet doesn’t have to be boring!

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  14. Lisa
    Lisa at |

    I’m a boring old woman. I don’t do anything at all. Sometimes I don’t even stay up to ring in the new year. If I hear fireworks I think about my brother & how they trigger his PTSD.
    legacylandlisa(at)gmail(dot)com

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  15. Kelly Jensen
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    Thanks for the comments! This giveaway is now closed.

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