I've been reading MORE holiday magazines and came across the most outrageously clever party idea of all time!
As much as I love New Years, it has an inherent problem. We all have to stay up late to celebrate. UNLESS, you're in Italy! or Greece! or Spain! THOSE countries are about 6 hours ahead of us here in the states, so just pretend you're in ITALY and ring in the New Year at 6:00pm! And you can serve PIZZA! How easy is that!!!!!!!!!
Clever. Simple. Fun. Party smarter, not harder!
RYC: Your etoh based cleanser story has stuck with me. thanks for scaring the living daylights out of me.
Somewhere I read the idea of Happy Noon-Year's Eve! Celebrate with the kiddos at noon, then off to bed at normal time.