What day is the loneliest day of your year? For some, it is Christmas Day. For others, it is Mother’s or Father’s Day, or perhaps their birthday. For yet others, it is a date that seems entirely innocuous to the rest of us but is hugely significant for them.
For me, it’s none of the above. For me, it’s New Year’s Eve.
It wasn’t always that way. For many years I found December 31st to be exciting. It symbolised movement and progress, optimism and new beginnings. When Christmas was done and dusted for another year, we still had NYE to look forward to. It also didn’t hurt that down here in Australia, the weather is warm, the sun is (typically) shining, and the beaches are crowded. Sure, New York might have a ball that drops in Time Square. London might have a chiming Big Ben. But here in Sydney we have the harbour and its bridge. We have the Opera House and (let’s just all admit it) the very best NYE fireworks show in the world.
What could there possibly be for me to not love about NYE? I can imagine my younger self asking that very question, with no small degree of incredulity.
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