Tuesday 4~ New Year's Eve

 New Year's Eve

Welcome to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4 and the eve of 2025. (Per Annie, our hostess:)
"Growing up New Years Eve was one of my favorite times of the year. Everyone would come to our home for snacks and drinks before heading out to parties. And I do mean nearly everyone we knew.
All dressed up in formal clothing they would join in the fun.
My father would play ragtime on the piano, our German friends played German music and everyone would dance to it.
My mother made hors d'oeuvres on tiny bread rounds and crackers... bayberry candles burned down for luck. Guy Lombardo was on the TV in the background."


1.What memories of New Years Eve do you have?

To be honest, I don't really have too many special memories of New Year's Eve.  We may have had some church "Watch Night" parties in the past, where we had a fun time at the church with snacks and games and ringing in the New Year together with prayer at midnight for the New Year.  But that has been a long time ago.   You mentioned Guy Lombardo. I remember my parents watching him on TV too. But I just can't remember doing anything very special very often.  When you have little children and not much money, you tend to just stay home! And being in the ministry did not lend itself to going "out on the town".  LOL.
2. Do you go to bed early or stay up until midnight to ring in the new year?

We usually are in bed at our normal hour, but we may wake up at midnight and say Happy New Year, especially if there are fireworks going off all around us!
3. Do you have special foods or customs for the New Year?

In the south, where we live, the custom is to eat black eyed peas on New Year's Day. The real southerners eat them with hog jowl. We might have them with ham, or a dish called "Hoppin' John".

Sometimes our families get together for New Years and we have this special dinner all together. This year we will be meeting with our extended family on Friday at a restaurant in a half-way point for all of us, and we will celebrate New Years, Christmas and Rose's birthday!  Pray that we are all feeling 100%. So far hubby and I are fine, but with the kids both having had this virus thing, we are being very cautious.
4. Will football and New Year parades be on your agenda for New Years Day?

Football, yes, for hubby.  He will probably be watching football all day long.  Maybe I can catch a little bit of the Rose Bowl Parade.  We don't have any special plans for the day since Rose has to work and also since we are all going to get together on Friday. So it will probably be a quiet day, unless something develops between now and then to change that!  (something good, I hope! LOL). 

Here's some thoughts to ponder as we head into the New Year, and as we entrust another year to God, to guide, protect and care for us as we face uncertain times in our world 

Proverbs 2:1-9

1 My son (daughter!), if you receive my words,

And treasure my commands within you,

2 So that you incline your ear to wisdom,

And apply your heart to understanding;

3 Yes, if you cry out for discernment,

And lift up your voice for understanding,

4 If you seek her as silver,

And search for her as for hidden treasures;

5 Then you will understand the fear of the Lord,

And find the knowledge of God.

6 For the Lord gives wisdom;

From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;

7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;

He is a shield to those who walk uprightly;

8 He guards the paths of justice,

And preserves the way of His saints.

9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice,

Equity and every good path.

Amen!

Happy New Year!

Here's where I'll be for New Year's Eve...

Sitting right here snuggled up by our cozy fireplace "Beside Still Waters Pond".