Wanting to end the night early, my guests and I did our countdown and yelled "Happy New Year" at around 9pm. We watched a "fake countdown" video that we found on YouTube and it was perfect. Do you remember banging on pots and pans on New Year's Eve when you were a kid?
Sunday, December 31st ….. First Night Ocean County is a "family" New Year’s Eve celebration starting at noon. Ring in the new year with crafts, balloonists, magic shows and more at the arcades along the boardwalk ending with fireworks at 5 p.m.
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Keith Urban stopped a celebratory New Year’s Eve concert in Nashville to celebrate the lives of some of the music legends who died in 2016. Wife Nicole Kidman even joined him on stage to dance along to David Bowie’s “Heroes.”