Voices: There’s only one type of person who’s allowed to hate New Year’s...
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…unless that’s you, put up and shut up, says Maja Anushka — who maintains that 31 December is the best night of the year (for everybody else). I get it. It’s been a very long year. Remember the bonkers Willy Wonka experience in Glasgow? Those poor employees, milling about in a warehouse, half-heartedly dressed up as Oompa Loompas with that distant, sad look in their eyes? That all happened in February – this year. Haunting.
But the good news is: we made it through! And better yet, we can celebrate with New Year’s Eve – which, it goes without saying, is the best night of the year. No? Just me?. I’ve become used to being the only one enthused about it. When I tell people that New Year’s is my favourite night of the year, I get strange looks. But I love it with my whole heart.
I love the anticipation – routinely checking the time as the hours whittle away and the countdown begins. The second it ticks over past midnight, I love the sense of relief – the inexplicable feeling of a page being turned. And above all else, I love that we all know, really, that nothing changes. But do we let that stop us from making a big song and dance? Of course not!.
None of it means anything, and yet we continue to make plans, go to bars, throw parties, and hang up a fresh calendar the next day. We do the whole routine anyway, because we’re humans, and don’t we all just love an excuse to celebrate?. But people maintain their hatred for NYE, for some reason. When December rolls around and I start asking about people’s plans, I know the responses I’ll get.
