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It seems to me that the tradition of New Years is always more stressful than exciting. Everyone always wants to do something but the what is never so clear cut. Then there is the added pressure of the New Years saying hanging over your head: Whatever you do on New Year's, you will be sure to do all year 'round. So if I'm a "loser" and stay home that means I'll be a loser all year?!?! I don't want to be that girl.
So what are my options?
The trendy bar/club is sure to provide me a platform to get all dressed and look fabulous, and certainly there will be plenty of eyes to see how well I can clean up. The notion of an unlimited open bar and finger foods for a measly $150 price-tag might sound good in theory but the intoxication cannot come soon enough in any lounge in NYC. After a few minutes of soaking in the atmosphere, all those eyes than can see me in my stylish dress will be sure to bump into me, push me and certainly spill drinks all over me, all the while I wait and wait...and wait to get a drink despite the bumper to bumper traffic at the bar. In this scenario I'm sure to spend my 2009 annoyed and frustrated.
The next best thing would be the classic house party. It's relaxed and fun and provides you with the opportunity to get drunk enough that you'll have to pass out in the guest room, couch, or bathroom tub, ala Three's Company. Now not to knock a good 'ole house party but it is all too reminiscent of a college mixer and frankly, I don't even know people who would allow their real post-college home to sustain such drunken trauma. Why don't I know a Blair Waldorf who can afford to throw an amazing get together and then have Dorota clean it all up the next day? Alas the house party seems to elude my friends and I every single year, which leaves us right back where we were...planless.
Ideally the concept of New Year's is meant to bring out the old and ring in the new with your loved ones, your family both blood related and not. In South America, many families get together in one home and eat, drink and be merry together. My family in Ecuador, which I have never had the fortune of being with during the Holidays, have a huge costume party and literally burn the old year away by burning an effigy that is made up to look like an old man. The rest of the night is filled with laughter and joy; that is certainly what I would want my 2009 filled with.
Here in this land of plenty, we have so much more than an underdeveloped country like Ecuador, but we lost what they have managed to hold on to, a sense of togetherness. In my experience the NYE venue needs to offer the right type of crowd, music, or status in order to sound appetizing. Low key nights seem to be out of the question, even if you may be surrounded by all the people who matter in your life. So while I still don't have plans for Wednesday because after all I am a product of my environment, I hope that maybe I can take a lesson from family and make sure that my plans include lots of love, lots of laughter and lots of hope for an excellent 2009, wherever it may be, even if it is just my living room.
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