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Dani is bored of talking about Christmas, so talks about New Year’s Eve instead!
I’m quite bored of talking about Christmas now. Like Christmas itself, it’s great but quickly gets boring. You are really excited about getting your decorations out (which, it appears people are doing earlier and earlier, I saw a few houses decorated in the middle of November), but as soon as Christmas Day is gone you cant wait to get the baubles off that tree and your furniture put back in its rightful place.
So the next big thing on the calendar is New Year’s Eve. Which last year I messed up for my boyfriend and I because I had a panic attack and couldn’t face going out. We still had a nice evening but it wasn’t quite a party to celebrate bringing in the new year.
“What do you wear? What time do you go out? Where do you go? Who do you snog?”
But the problem is, unless someone you know is having a party, anywhere you go will be massively over priced and what with all your money tied up in presents now being found a place in someone else’s home you can’t really afford it. And what do you wear, what time do you go out, where do you decide to go and who do you kiss? Why do we kiss people at midnight anyway? How did that tradition start?
When I was little, on very special occasions (and I mean SPECIAL as spare money was rare) me and my sister would get a new outfit for something like New Year’s Eve. I think the only reason we ever got an outfit was because we only ever went to one NYE party. And as I’ve grown (and because I’m a girl) I feel the need to buy a new outfit for this New Year. Obviously I don’t have money for that so will be making the most of what I’ve got.
Although, on second thoughts, I only really want a new outfit because I always want a new outfit. It doesn’t actually have anything to do with the date. In all honesty I think New Years is over rated and doesn’t seem all that different from a regular night on the town.
You get all dolled up, you go and spend slightly too much money to be allowed access into a club that needs a good disinfecting, you buy a surprisingly expensive round of drinks, dance for a bit, and then the one thing that makes it different is that you count down from ten at one point and then hug everyone (or snog!). And because I’m Scrooge I cant work out why everyone seems to make such a big deal out of it! You can do that every day of the week if you so wish. And you can also, at any time of the year, decide to give up smoking/drinking/sleeping around/ biting your finger nails/ losing your temper. Why do people think they can only make a life changing decision at 12am on New Year’s Eve? You can decide to change you life for the better or the worse at any time of the day, month, week or year. So why do we all see NYE as something so ground breaking?
Even as I’m writing this I’m looking forward to the evening I have planned and I have no idea why! Strange isn’t it?! Well, whatever you’re doing, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
