Growing up in an extended family, we celebrated New Year's Eve watching Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians. We had noisemakers, hats, and munchies. The adults had fancy cocktails, like Manhattans and Apricot Sours. The kids had ginger ale. The evening was always mixed with laughter and tears, of both joy and sorrow for what the old year held, and what the new year might bring. When the song, "Enjoy Yourself, It's Later Than You Think" came on, the adults nodded knowingly to one another. At midnight everyone got a flute of champagne, even the kids got a taste. Then came the midnight picnic supper. So much fun to wrap up the holiday season surrounded by love. The group decreased in size year by year. This year as I spent NYE with my sister and her husband, the picnic supper came early, we mixed champagne with Guinness making Black Velvets, toasted the past and the future, and I was home by 9pm. Advice for 2023: Enjoy Yourself It's Later Than You Think!
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Happy New Year Adele!
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