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Not Mushroom at the Inn Dec 2021 9:28am, 21 Dec 2021 2,074 posts	Quote Pin Not Mushroom at the Inn [NYE - it's just a date - nothing more. I'd much rather have a decent night's sleep and get up in good time!]
ThorntonRunner Dec 2021 9:34am, 21 Dec 2021 5,578 posts	Quote Pin ThorntonRunner +1 - don't get the point of New Year celebrations. It's just a quirk of time accounting
We 3Ms of Orient Are Dec 2021 10:25am, 21 Dec 2021 16,921 posts	Quote Pin We 3Ms of Orient Are [It is an arbitrary point in the year to have a party.... but it's also a pretty widespread celebration. I've never been sure whether we're celebrating another year of survival or that we've (mentally!) got a blank slate to start afresh! I confess to having gone to NYE parties that didn't start until after 11pm. Sorry, Mushroom!]
Fields & fountain, moor & mountain Dec 2021 10:27am, 21 Dec 2021 1,421 posts	Quote Pin Fields & fountain, moor & mountain [I once went to a NYE party that had 3 separate venues!]
We 3Ms of Orient Are Dec 2021 10:32am, 21 Dec 2021 16,923 posts	Quote Pin We 3Ms of Orient Are [We've done that too, F&F,M&M. Ours was a travelling NYE Feast! 2 of the 3 venues were before we got to the NYE bubbly....]
Carpathius Dec 2021 8:34pm, 21 Dec 2021 21,319 posts	Quote Pin Carpathius Several things today 1. The tshirt on the barista in a coffee shop which said "We can make any of our festive drinks 100% vegan!" It is either vegan, or it isn't. 2. T1 stealing my only clean bedsheet. 3. Me giving T1 permission to borrow a couple of my shirts for work translating into 'use anything in my wardrobe'. 4. Her insisting I said (while I was in bed and asleep) that she could borrow the tshirt she took today, despite me being quite known for answering questions in the affirmative while asleep and unaware.
Merry Lip Gloss Dec 2021 8:49pm, 21 Dec 2021 57,501 posts	Quote Pin Merry Lip Gloss We used to go away for NY - so our parties would start mid afternoon NYE and finish on the 2nd when we packed up the hostel and went home again. About 30 of us, maybe half a dozen families buying all the rooms in a youth hostel…great times.
Raedolf the Rae nosed Raendeer Dec 2021 8:54pm, 21 Dec 2021 8,667 posts	Quote Pin Raedolf the Rae nosed Raendeer That sounds epic, MLG.
Merry Lip Gloss Dec 2021 9:05pm, 21 Dec 2021 57,502 posts	Quote Pin Merry Lip Gloss It was great. We all took cooked meals and took them with us until the introduction of home shop delivery. Meant nobody’s house was being used for a big party.
Raedolf the Rae nosed Raendeer Dec 2021 9:12pm, 21 Dec 2021 8,670 posts	Quote Pin Raedolf the Rae nosed Raendeer I've always loved the idea of organising a really big and fabulous party, but the times I've tried very few people have actually turned up. It's one of the reasons I don't particularly want to have a real wedding.