Christmas or New Years?

Piste

Which do you all prefer? Christmas or New Years? I like that Italian phrase "Christmas for family, New years for friends" (probably sounds nicer in Italian too!) Though my family always insist I spend both Christmas and New Years together. While I like Christmas and spending time with people and presents and all te silly traditions we have, New Years just seems so much more meaningful to me because I celebrate it for a reason, that a new year is coming will all sorts of possibilities and it;s also a nice time for reflection on the year gone by. I suppose I celebrate New Years for a reason, whereas Christmas, nice though it is, is a bit meaningless for me.

So what do other people think? Do you prefer Christmas or New Years?

Saruman

Different to me. Christmas is for over eating, New years for over drinking

emeraldstar

!!!!!!!!!
wow Christmas all the way!! I absolutely love it... New Years..I could take it or leave...moreso leave it. I don't like it much at all in fact

RobertFoster

Christmas. I hate New Year.

grimloch

Definitely Christmas. New Years, in general, is pretty crappy. It usually involves paying some stupid fee into a nightclub where they jack up the prices and then waiting for hours on end to get a taxi home. Feck that.

rymus

theyre both crap really... Ahead by a nose is new years, being only marginally better than Christmas.

Lump

Never really go out on New years, saying that I'm a fan of both. Christmas is decent and New years is there if you fancy it. I live close enough to the centre of Kilkenny that I can walk home.

John

Rb

Prefer Christmas generally, but this new year is going to be great. Cannot wait to put some things from 2006 behind me and start a fresh new year.

crosstownk

I prefer Christmas. New Years is good craic too, but Christmas involves the whole family, even the little kiddies. New Years is more a adult thing - it doesn't have much to offer children.

Ruu_Old

Christmas probably, New Years is good too. I don't do the whole going out thing, left that behind. It gives me a chance to stop for a while and think how far and what I have accomplished this year and do what I can to make it better. '06 has been very good to me so I am looking forward to '07.

senordingdong

New Years is alot more fun with a house party...from a Dubliners perspective that is.

lilrayosunshine

senordingdong wrote:

New Years is alot more fun with a house party...from a Dubliners perspective that is.

definitely.. Going out and trying to get home on NYE is just crap

InFront

New Years, christmas means nothing but 'nothing to do' imo. Love the excitement and reflection and socialising associated with New years

PS: Where's the poll dude!!

Kojak

New Year's ftw

Avns1s

Christmas by far for me, though the build up always seems better than the event itself. New Year (for me) almost seems like the last party of the Christmas period and back to work soon afterwards!

SpitfireIV

New years has never really been a big event in my book.....in fact its just another nail been driven in to re-inforce the fact that the whole holiday season is over.........thats it............gone..............for another year

So its Christmas day for me all the way

_Kaiser_

Piste wrote:

Which do you all prefer? Christmas or New Years? I like that Italian phrase "Christmas for family, New years for friends" (probably sounds nicer in Italian too!)

[offtopic]
For some reason I got this far and thought of this quote from Goodfellas

Saturday night was for wives, but Friday night at the Copa was always for the girlfriends.

[/offtopic]

Anyway, back to the question - I'm not that pushed on either I have to say.

Dyr

new years is a pile of sh**e, everywhere's overpacked and overpriced and not a bleedin hope of getting a jo at the end of the night. Anyone remember the nonsense of new years eve for the millenium?? Where you were going to have to take out a bleedin mortgage just to get in anywhere??

i stay at home and get merrily hammered.

Piste

InFront wrote:

New Years, christmas means nothing but 'nothing to do' imo. Love the excitement and reflection and socialising associated with New years

PS: Where's the poll dude!!

Darn, I'd meant to add a poll but plain forgot, I'll try and add one now.

EDIT: Seemingly I can't ad a poll- whoopsie daisies.

_Kaiser_

Bambi wrote:

new years is a pile of sh**e, everywhere's overpacked and overpriced and not a bleedin hope of getting a jo at the end of the night. Anyone remember the nonsense of new years eve for the millenium?? Where you were going to have to take out a bleedin mortgage just to get in anywhere??

i stay at home and get merrily hammered.

Good point as well, and I'd say is really the reason why business is down so much in pubs (in Dublin). The price of a night out now (between a few drinks, entrance charges and taxi home) is ridiculous.

Better to get a few bottles of wine/drinks in and invite the mates. Everyone is guaranteed a seat too!

Bateman

New Years does nothing for me. House parties every year for me. Pubs in town full of the sort of people who only go into town once a year. No way.

Christmas is a great time to spend with your family.

Ruu_Old

A bit late but poll added, Pishte.

Thrill

I like new years but it doesn't compare with Christmas for me.

All the family get together for Christmas day. On new years, we do our own thing, just like every other day of the year.

abelard

Christmas has family......

so I prefer New Years

Piste

Ruu wrote:

A bit late but poll added, Pishte.

Yay thanks Ruu ^_^

the Shades

New Years is the worst excuse for any kind of celebration. Putting that much of a spotlight on ten seconds of the year it's bound to be the biggest anti-climax and always disappointing. Christmas on the other hand holds the excitement for a few weeks and at least after you get through the day and meal and everything you've had a good long celebration.

Also I've never heard of anyone coming home from abroad for New Year's.

Gonzo

Christmas for me, I dont like New Years as it signals the return to work after a week off having fun.

Kinetic^

RobertFoster wrote:

Christmas. I hate New Year.

+1

cozmik

Bateman wrote:

Christmas is a great time to spend with your family.

psilocybe

Christmas day is for the family. stephans day is for the pub.imho

Schlemm

I love Christmas and despise new year's. It's way too forced and everyone's got the post Christmas blues. Hate going out and getting smashed in its honour.

To make matters worse it's me f*****g birthday that day too!

ziggy

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Lust4Life

New Years is much more laid back and stress-free.
Not nearly as expensive either.

I try to go through both in an alcohol induced coma as much as possible tho.:p

jeep

Beginning to like Christmas now that I have my own Kids, New years is fine at home I have'nt ventured out for it in year's :rolleyes: I wouldnt know what to do:o

Enjoy whatever you all decide to do:D

Mossy Monk

i generally dislike both of them

but Christmas wins as the whole family is there
so in the poll i would have selectred the hate both if it existed

Endurance Man

I HATE both generally but this year im loving new years, going to london tommorow to meet up with a dozen mates from home and go mad .

Sad Professor

Neither TBH. I can't stand Christmas anymore, it's just a celebration of money and gluttony. Although I appreciate that for many people it's a chance to spend time with family that they might not see much/at all during the year. So I do see it's purpose as a holiday, I just think it's lost it's way.

And for most irish people New Year's is just (another) excuse to get hammered. Re: it being a chance to put past behind, set new goals, clean state, etc? Well every passing minute/day is a chance for that. You don't have to change your calendar to change your life.

jimmycrackcorm

Now that Christmas is over, I guess I'll have to vote for New Years.

User45701

im surprised at those that close x-mass i don't like it much myself it was fun when i was a kid but now its just seems like forced family time and im not into that stuff would much rather spend x-mass day drinking without all the family dinner and all that , i did it this Christmas and it was great

Caliden

New years can be great if you plan ahead and if everything goes to plan.
If it doesn't then it sucks

Miss Fluff

Really love Christmas, means I can behave like a 5 year old in a constant state of high excitement. Really really hate New Years, I get maudlin and feel miserable and am always glad when it's over.