Educator Helper by Beth Hammett: Celebrating a New Year

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Celebrating a New Year

Wherever you live, it's time to celebrate a new year! Resolutions abound and traditions are followed as we ring in 2015. One of the largest New Year's celebration on earth takes place at Times Square. However, most of us view the Big Apple's ball drop from our television screens.

Remember when we were kids the excitement of staying up until midnight? We tuned the tv channel to Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve, popped corn, played board games, and waited for the magical moment of midnight to arrive. Then, we blew paper party horns and drank sparking apple cider that made our nostrils tickle. Fun, cheap, simple entertainment that kept us laughing as the countdown began. 10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2..1...