We have no New Year’s traditions. None. Unless you count putting the kids to bed early and listening to the neighbor set off firecrackers out in the street.

Every year I think maybe we ought to do something or other as a family to mark the occasion, but… we don’t. I don’t think it’s such a kid-friendly holiday, this New Year’s Eve thing. Plus, what do my kids care about the new year, when their heads are still full of Christmas? Or maybe I just haven’t figured out how to make it relevant to them yet.

I’m still thinking on that. But for this year: jammies and books and seven o’clock bedtimes don’t sound too bad.