Where To Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2024 In Greenwich

GREENWICH, CT — As 2024 comes to a close, residents are looking for ways to celebrate and ring in the new year.

There are several options in the Greenwich area for welcoming in 2025, from going out to a local restaurant to catching a comedy show in nearby Stamford.

Here are a few events happening in and around Greenwich:

• New Year's Eve at Moli Greenwich: Enjoy a decadent four-course dinner and dance the night away at Moli's exclusive New Year's Eve party.
• New Year's Eve gala at L'Escale, Greenwich: The gala menu is $285 per person and includes live music, dancing and a champagne toast at midnight.
• New Year's Eve at Tony's At The J House, Greenwich: Enjoy a special New Year's Eve menu with a choice of appetizers, entrees, desserts and a kid's menu. Early or late seating is available.
• New Year's Eve at The Cottage, Greenwich: Enjoy an a la carte brunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., or an a la carte dinner from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
• New Year's Eve at New York Comedy Club, Stamford: Start off your New Year's Eve 2025 with a fun-filled night of laughs, drinks and snacks in downtown Stamford. There are two shows on New Year's Eve, 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.

Elsewhere in Connecticut, First Night Hartford returns with a family-friendly, alcohol-free New Year's Eve celebration that features fireworks, music, art, and food in the state's capital city.

In the United States, one of the most popular New Year’s Eve traditions is the dropping of the giant ball in New York City’s Times Square. Other U.S. cities have their own versions of this celebration, such as the Peeps Chick Drop in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and the giant Potato Drop in Boise, Idaho.

The transition from one year to the next is often marked by the singing of “Auld Lang Syne,” a Scottish folk song whose title roughly translates to “days gone by,” according to Encyclopedia Britannica and History.com.

The tradition of New Year’s resolutions dates back 8,000 years to ancient Babylonians, who made promises to return borrowed items and repay debts at the beginning of the new year, which was in mid-March when they planted their crops.

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According to legend, if people kept their word, the pagan gods would grant them favor in the coming year. However, if they broke their promises, they would lose favor with the gods.

Many secular New Year’s resolutions focus on imagining new, improved versions of ourselves.

The failure rate of New Year’s resolutions is about 80 percent, according to U.S. News & World Report. There are many reasons, but a big one is they’re made out of remorse — for gaining weight, for example — and aren’t accompanied by a shift in attitude or a plan for coping with the stress and discomfort that comes with changing a habit or condition.