WASHINGTON — This year avoid big crowds and spending a fortune by staying home for New Years.
There are several ways to celebrate the new year in style without having to break the bank.
Here are 9+ ways to ring in 2024:
Smash a plate
- Say goodbye to 2023 and hello to 2024 with this cathartic, low-cost exercise.
- All you need is a plate and a permanent marker.
- Go ahead and write down all the things you want to leave behind in 2023 on the plate, then smash away.
Vision Board
- In case vision boards are totally new to you, no worries, they are actually incredibly simple to make.
- Vision boards are used to help you creatively think through your goals for the upcoming year and can be made online or by using old magazines, newspapers, etc. laying around the house.
- To make one, go ahead and brainstorm everything you want to achieve in the New Year as well as any thoughts or feelings you wish to bring to life.
- After setting your goals, it's time to collect images and words that represent those goals.
- Once you've compiled all the things you'd like to include, you can arrange it the way you find most visually pleasing.
Countdown to the New Year with a classic movie
- Start Ghostbusters II at 10:39 p.m. and at midnight Venkman will wish you a "Happy New Years."
- Start Futurama episode Space Pilot 3000 at 11:58:08 p.m. the New Years countdown will sync up in real life.
- Start Avengers: Infinity War at exactly 9:48:54 p.m. and Thanos will snap his fingers at midnight
- Start Kung Fu Panda at exactly 10:40:14 p.m. and Po will say “skadoosh” at midnight.
- Start Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring at exactly 11:41:57 p.m. and Gandalf’s fireworks will go off exactly at midnight
- Back to the Future: hit play at 10:19:07 p.m. At the moment the ball drops, the Delorean will hit 88 miles-per-hour sending Marty McFly back to 1985
- Start Great Gatsby at 11:29:57 p.m., Leonardo DiCaprio will toast you into the new year.
Burn a letter
2023, who?
- In this free exercise, go ahead and write a letter summing up all the things you want to leave behind in 2023 and not carry forward into the New Year.
- Then, take this letter outside, and in a safe manor, burn the letter in an appropriate receptacle.
- No one will see this list, so be honest with yourself.
Camera roll cleanout
- Storage full? It's time create a slideshow of your favorite memories from 2023 and delete the rest.
Purge your closet
- No one likes cleaning out their closet, but its time to make space for new things in 2024.
- Instead of taking hours to do this task alone, make it fun by inviting friends over to help.
- You can create a donate and throwaway pile, as well as trade a few items among your friends to refresh your wardrobe and theirs.
Game night
- It's time to pull out that old Monopoly board.
- Go ahead and invite your friends over for an old fashioned game night.
- Break out the game boards and reminisce on simpler times.
Write a letter to your future self.
- Write out goals or things you want to let go of in the New Year.
- Place the letter in an envelope and place the envelope in a safe place.
- Open the letter the following New Years Eve to see which goals you accomplished and what you let go of in the New Year.
Sip and paint
- It's time to get creative.
- For this project, you'll need something to paint on, paint itself, and your favorite beverage.
- Similar to a vision board, go ahead and envision the future you want for yourself in the new year. Paint something that represents that.
CBS
- Tune into CBS for New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash, hosted by country music star and GRAMMY-nominated artist Elle King and Entertainment Tonight's Rachel Smith.
- The celebration to ring in the new year will air live from Music City, Sunday, Dec. 31 on the CBS Television Network, and stream live and on demand on Paramount+.
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