LIFESTYLE

If you feel okay spending your night at home for the countdown, call upon friends to have an outdoor countdown. Ask them to show up by 11.45 p.m. to step into New Year with you outside. This idea would work great for people in warmer geo-locations.
You can still make it possible for other people by asking them to wear a warm dress and use fire pits or have a bonfire to stay cozy. If it’s freezing, you could also suggest that they wear thermals, masks, and woolen caps.
You can watch the ball drop together peacefully and toast the New Year. If you want to do something more, you could use sparklers and Chinese lanterns. Also, you could ask your guests to come with pots and pans to make noise on banging them when the clock strikes midnight.