New Year - why?

[Celtigra3]

I am not being a grump, honestly and I adore Christmas, but is there anyone else out there like me who loathes New Year? I hate that maudlin tune Auld Lang Syne. Why is New Year happy? We still have another two months of horrible winter, everyone spent too much at Christmas and it will be the end of January before we're paid again. So why does everyone say Happy New Year? Bah humbug!

[Scarlett]

New Year is like the shedding of an old skin. Even though it is just another day, (so is Christmas and birthdays!) we can mentally make a new start. Get rid of the old year and start the new one with a positive attitude/goals etc. It is hard to start a new year when the weather is cold and miserable, and with a hangover, but hey- I need a reason to kick-start my resolutions, and this is as goos as any.

[mullein3]

I like new year not for the celebrations or the fireworks that sounded like we were in IRAQ last night..but the gardening season is approaching and its time to make plans for the garden yipeeee...

[Philtaz]

Can't bear it. Why do people need another excuse to go out ang get sloshed? You can do that any day of the week!

I know I should be on the Grumpy Old Men TV show but I can't understand why anyonne would want to go into town, queue in sub zero temperatures to get into a pub they regularly frequent, pay on the door when they finally enter, wade to the bar through all the kids with their bottles of WKD, then eventually order two pints because it'll save you the hassle of rerurning to the bar through the scrum! Having got your two pints you now have to juggle them without spilling a drop as you find a 'quiet spot' in the pub!

At midnight you are grabbed by some ******** who wishes you all the best and kisses you on the cheek, even though you're both male! At the end of the 'festivities' you have to fight through another scrum to order a taxi, which you are reliably informed "will be at least another hour". Two hours later you get into your taxi and pay triple time rates for the 10 minute ride home!

Go out New Years Eve? I'd rather cut my tadger off with a rusty pen knife without anaesthetic!