When I was a kid my parents used to trick me into going to bed at 11:00 on New Years Eve. The Ball would drop in New York, we would yell, “Happy New Year!” Then my parents would send me to bed none the wiser that I had not actually rung in the New Year. I was embarrassing old before I realized what my horrible parents had been doing to me.
Now that I have kids of my own, it doesn’t seem like that bad of an idea. In fact, for the past couple of years, I’ve been doing the exact same thing to the four-year-old. 11:00 rolls around, the ball drops, and we all say, “Happy New Year!” Then I say, “Well, its way past your bed time…Happy New Year and good night.” Hey, good ideas are where you find them!
Happy New Year!
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I like that idea
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