Me neither, my family does celebtrate christmas in a religous sense. But that is a Serb orthodox christmas that takes place on Januari 7th. New Years is just staying up, watching some DVds and eating a cake. It is not like you can sleep, believe me I tried.
i'm an atheist. no fuss. i do celebrate my two week long break from work though
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I hate new years. As soon as Christmas day is over, suddenly it's new years and this forced celebration like everybody has to have fun on New years eve, regardless of mood.
I and most people I know think that new year's eve/day is the most depressing time of the year
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I enjoy New Year's Eve. For me it's a big formal occasion where you get to go out, party with friends, and look good doing it. Sadly.... with kids that hasn't been an option for the past few years.
gamingeek said:I hate new years. As soon as Christmas day is over, suddenly it's new years and this forced celebration like everybody has to have fun on New years eve, regardless of mood.
That is how I feel about all holidays.
robio said:I enjoy New Year's Eve. For me it's a big formal occasion where you get to go out, party with friends, and look good doing it. Sadly.... with kids that hasn't been an option for the past few years.
That's what hot babysitters are for (at least as I've learnt from the web).
bugsonglass said:I and most people I know think that new year's eve/day is the most depressing time of the year
Yes.
Never cared one way or the other about New Year's. I never go to New Year's Eve parties. It's just another day to me.
aspro said:gamingeek said:I hate new years. As soon as Christmas day is over, suddenly it's new years and this forced celebration like everybody has to have fun on New years eve, regardless of mood.
That is how I feel about all holidays.robio said:I enjoy New Year's Eve. For me it's a big formal occasion where you get to go out, party with friends, and look good doing it. Sadly.... with kids that hasn't been an option for the past few years.
That's what hot babysitters are for (at least as I've learnt from the web).
You scrooge, you grinch, etc.! 
New Years 2000 killed new years eve for me. Went to the heart of central london in the freezing cold, watched the fireworks. Then all the tube stations were overloaded and shut up, ended up walking miles and miles back to this house a bunch of us rented. This jerk friend of a friend just abandoned me in the middle of nowhere and wouldn't wait all of 5 minutes to rest my feet. When I got back to the house I gave a big FU to them and then went home, got back at like 4am where some weird creepy man walking on the street at night propositioned me for sex. 
gamingeek said:got back at like 4am where some weird creepy man walking on the street at night propositioned me for sex.
Ooooooh, so that's where this problem between you and Leo started.
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Tell me to get back to rewriting this site so it's not horrible on mobilegamingeek said:New Years 2000 killed new years eve for me. Went to the heart of central london in the freezing cold, watched the fireworks. Then all the tube stations were overloaded and shut up, ended up walking miles and miles back to this house a bunch of us rented. This jerk friend of a friend just abandoned me in the middle of nowhere and wouldn't wait all of 5 minutes to rest my feet. When I got back to the house I gave a big FU to them and then went home, got back at like 4am where some weird creepy man walking on the street at night propositioned me for sex.
with the exception of being propositioned by a dodgy man for sex my millenium eve was incredibly similar and probably at the same exact place. I had friends coming from many places to spend millenium NYE with me in London. Went downtown and on to Westminster bridge. Everybody was drinking and there were no public toilets (not even chemical ones). It was cold, crowded and uncomfortable. There wasn't even a countdown. Waited for the long arm of the Big Ben to strike midnight. The aftermath though as GG said was the worst. Firstly we nearly died in a stampede as the police stupidly barricaded the bridge off and they forgot to open the barricades so big drunken crowds were pushing ... one mis-step and we could have died there. Afterwards as GG said it was a complete logistical nightmare trying to make our way back home to north london. Practically walked half the way, and then had to stand in buses and tubes full of piss and vomit and people puking and passing out. Truly a night to remember (for all the wrong reasons).
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Yikes at these stories, I mostly stick to family parties no big deal but fun enough.
As for Christmas isn't it so far removed from religion now that most everyone should take part in it (unless you have another religion). I can't imagine no Christmas, its such a huge part of childhood and culture.
Wow those are horror stories. NYE is a holiday that's best not celebrated in public though. Besides, nothing swanky ever happens in public. Got to get invited to the good places for swank. Otherwise it's just skank. And who wants that?
Yodariquo said:Ooooooh, so that's where this problem between you and Leo started.
It was so creepy, this guy in a woolen hat walks up to me and mumbles something, I say "Sorry?" He sort of sidles up to me and says "Come back to my place" in a gruff voice. My brain has to sort of process what is going on here, it's very late and I'm alone on a long street with this guy much older than me, half hidden in shadow.
Then I say no and keep walking, watching the shadows on the pavement in front of me to see if this creep is following me and listening for his footsteps.
bugsonglass said:with the exception of being propositioned by a dodgy man for sex my millenium eve was incredibly similar and probably at the same exact place. I had friends coming from many places to spend millenium NYE with me in London. Went downtown and on to Westminster bridge. Everybody was drinking and there were no public toilets (not even chemical ones). It was cold, crowded and uncomfortable. There wasn't even a countdown. Waited for the long arm of the Big Ben to strike midnight. The aftermath though as GG said was the worst. Firstly we nearly died in a stampede as the police stupidly barricaded the bridge off and they forgot to open the barricades so big drunken crowds were pushing ... one mis-step and we could have died there. Afterwards as GG said it was a complete logistical nightmare trying to make our way back home to north london. Practically walked half the way, and then had to stand in buses and tubes full of piss and vomit and people puking and passing out. Truly a night to remember (for all the wrong reasons).
Oh man it was awful, for some reason the grassy area near the river was fenced in and people had to leave 4 by 4 so everyone was stuck in this long ass queue. Me and this friend of a friend were the only ones willing to jump the fence, then we were lost in London and the cops didn't even know their way out. I had blisters on my feet. I was so pissed off. I hated New Years before but that was the nail in the coffin.
Dvader said:Yikes at these stories, I mostly stick to family parties no big deal but fun enough.
As for Christmas isn't it so far removed from religion now that most everyone should take part in it (unless you have another religion). I can't imagine no Christmas, its such a huge part of childhood and culture.
I have an Indian friend and years and ago I was kinda shocked that anyone didn't celebrate Christmas, even if they weren't Christians. I had come to view the holiday as a fun time where everyone gave each other gifts and were happier than usual which is why I loved it. Then these guys of a different religion, just kind of popped a surprise and bloody obvious revelation into my brain - that yeah, it's religious.
Anyway this Indian friend has a tandoori chicken for Christmas lunch. Yum.
Dvader said:Yikes at these stories, I mostly stick to family parties no big deal but fun enough.
As for Christmas isn't it so far removed from religion now that most everyone should take part in it (unless you have another religion). I can't imagine no Christmas, its such a huge part of childhood and culture.
As for me, I think it's disrespectful to use the language and rituals of a religion if you are not an adherent of that faith. Like, I'd never pretend to observe Yom Kippur if I was not a Jew, and I'd not pretend to observe Christmas if I wasn't a Christian. And if you aren't observing it for legitimate religious reasons, then really -- what's the point?
I do understand that for many people, who actually have a normal family that this time of year is realy just a reason to get toegethe and enjoy each other's company though, and that's admirable.
aspro said:
As for me, I think it's disrespectful to use the language and rituals of a religion if you are not an adherent of that faith. Like, I'd never pretend to observe Yom Kippur if I was not a Jew, and I'd not pretend to observe Christmas if I wasn't a Christian. And if you aren't observing it for legitimate religious reasons, then really -- what's the point?I do understand that for many people, who actually have a normal family that this time of year is realy just a reason to get toegethe and enjoy each other's company though, and that's admirable.
Christmas is the mother of all holidays and I dont think its cause of religion. It might as well be a national holiday cause that is what it has become. There is still the religious aspect, many people go to church on Christmas and all that, but the presents, Trees, Music, Santa, and all that has nothing to do with religion.
I'm fully aware of what Christmas has become, and if I were a Christian it'd be a tough time of year for me (to see my religion being paid token attention). Int he best case scenario we'd call it something other than Christmas.
But hey, I'm not judging anyone or anything over what they celebrate, I understand my philosophy is uncommon and I don't think any less of anyone for having different beliefs or practices -- seriously.
Dvader said:Yikes at these stories, I mostly stick to family parties no big deal but fun enough.
As for Christmas isn't it so far removed from religion now that most everyone should take part in it (unless you have another religion). I can't imagine no Christmas, its such a huge part of childhood and culture.
I view it the same way, particularly with regard to children. You just have to have a time of year for some time off and gift giving and all that good holiday stuff. If it didn't exist, we'd have to invent it.
As for the Christian part of Christmas, it's laughable. The symbol of Christmas has become the Christmas tree, which stems from Paganism, and is expressly forbidden by Christianity.
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Other than me, is anyone else not observing any end-of-year cultural or religious holiday?