Do you stay up on NYE?

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I don't usually but have family coming.

Our friends have a traditional Hogmanay house party, so we’ll stay up for the bells and be their “first foot”. The party always goes on to the wee small hours, so it’ll be a very late one and New Year’s Day will be spent recovering and enjoying our steak pie.
All the best when it comes

Yes but I rarely go to bed before midnight anyway

I am not a particular fan of New Year. I usually just end up falling asleep in front of the TV.

I'd love to, really enjoyed nye in the past, but nowadays I need to go to bed. I would like a new tradition that doesn't involve staying up!

I tend to watch the fireworks out the window or on the tv (depending where I am and what the view is) at midnight and welcome the new year in. Most years I haven't done anything exciting but I still like to say goodbye to one year and hello to the next.

Not usually but we are away in a hotel this year so possibly. Although I sense we will be knackered after walking.

Another Edinburger here but I don't stay up and seem to be able to filter the fireworks out.

I usually do. Last year, best friend and I started a new tradition of spending NYE up a hill but have yet to decide which hill this year. Needs to be somewhere we can everyone's fireworks from. We were quite surprised by how many other people had the same idea - we thought it would probably just be us and some local stoners but there were quite a few families and middle aged couples.
I am currently feeling horribly poorly with a virus so am hoping it's gone by then.

Nope. Can't remember the last time I stayed up until midnight!

Probably not. This year we're planning on getting up early as we'll have just got the keys to our new house and we want to spend NYD working on it. Plan is to get up early!

Only if I am working a night shift, so not this year. Will have been up since before 6am on New Year's Eve for work so will be too tired to care.

Definitely. Children all departed. Going to put holiday cottage with our best man and his wife plus another couple and the dog. A nice beachfront pub with live music for a meal and then fireworks on the beach.

I do stay up but mainly because ddog is scared of the fireworks so we need to keep him company. Though I do like to watch the London ones on TV

I’m visiting DS in Japan and NYE is a family/religious time here rather than party time so I won’t be staying up. It’s also the fact that I’m 9 hours ahead here so if I message any friends or family “happy NY” it’ll only be 3pm in their time anyway! So really what is the point? Easier to msg them at 9am the next day when it is their midnight! Once you think about the different time zones around the world, I think it takes the point of it away anyway. Whatever time you go to bed it’ll already be 2020 in numerous other places. So you aren’t really “missing” anything.

I'd love to go to bed early but the fireworks would wake me up.

Yes, but I rarely go to bed before midnight anyway.

I’ll be out this year, there’s a comedy gig I’m going to with some friends. I’d normally be in bed though.

God yes. We always have a party which doesn't start until we all leave the pub just after midnight. ( Scottish )

Yes. Don’t think I have been to bed before midnight since I was about 13

Sometimes we're up, it depends where we are, if we're with other people, etc. Last year it was just the two of us in a seaside town in Devon, we thought there might be a firework display on the seafront but nothing at all, nor in any of the neighbouring places! This year we'll be staying with friends, I guess we might stay up, but I'm usually in bed long before midnight . .

Yes as long as I can find something to watch instead of the horrendous Jools Holland programme.

Scottish telly is your friend here! There are a few alternatives (comedy mostly) later in the evening on the two main channels - BBC1 Scotland & BBC Scotland (replaced/rebooted BBC2 Scotland), but it looks like the main Hogmanay event from 11:30-12:30 is synchronised on both. Can't recommend it enough.

The default for those of us south of the border is Craig David - not my style anyway, but hardly special and celebratory for NYE (if that's your thing - it is mine!).

....plus it's actually live - not recorded several weeks before like the Hootenanny. Any Burnistoun fans wouldn't have an issue with choosing anyway, as they don't actually believe in Jools Holland

I’ll be fast asleep by 10

Hogmanay has always been a big thing in Scotland, when I was a kid we did the traditional first footing going round and visiting the neighbours etc.

This year, like every other, I'll be staying with my friend who lives in a small town in the Highlands. There is a street party with live music, a venison roast, outdoor bar and fireworks. Everyone sings Auld Lang Syne and shake hands and hug strangers at the bells.

NYD is always the traditional steak pie dinner.

Not usually but this year I'm at work and the people I support have said that they want to stay up to see the new year in.
It means that I will get paid £8.21 for 16 hours of the 24 hour shift instead of 15 (I think, it hasn't been confirmed) and I don't get a choice. I will go to bed (sleepover shift til 8am paid £30) at midnight instead of 11pm.