Open Thread: Happy New Year!

Hosted by a 2012 calendar with chestnuts

Happy New Year!  I made lots of resolutions for this year, but they’re all boring ones.  Eat more fruits and veggies, drink less alcohol.  Exercise more.  Clean my house.  Get a better job.  Figure out how to earn money by making and selling Venetian-style masks and Neo-Victorian tiny hats.  (Ok, maybe that last one was cool.)

Did you make any resolutions that are more interesting than mine?  Do you dislike making resolutions at New Year’s, and if so, why?  Are you eating Hoppin’ John today, or do you have different New Year’s Day traditions?  Do you come from a culture or tradition that doesn’t see Jan. 1 as the first day of the new year, and if so, what are you up to today?

~Kristycat