We started our New Year’s Eve celebration at the Roger Williams Park Zoo. Their Holiday Lights Spectacular had sounded like it would be fun, if a mite expensive. It turned out to be a nice change from the free but uber-religious Festival of Lights that we usually attend. The zoo’s light displays featured not only the standard winter and Christmas themes, but also a lot of animal imagery, naturally.
After we finished our walk around the zoo, we ordered Chinese food for take-out and picked it up on our way home. The food was delicious. Later we watched an episode of The Mandalorian followed by just enough of the Times Square celebration to see the ball drop. I’m not sure that the kids see the point of watching the ball drop, which doesn’t surprise me, because I’ve never really understood it either. Some things we do simply because we always have (tradition!), and other things, such as watching The Mandalorian, we do because they’re fun.
Welcome, 2022! May you be like your Eve–full of light, good food, family, and fun.