Where To Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2024 In Naugatuck

NAUGATUCK, CT — As the holiday season begins to wind down, New Year's Eve is right around the corner.

While some might opt to head to New York City for a big celebration, others might be more tempted to stay close to home as they ring in 2025.

Here is a look at a few New Year's Eve events happening in Naugatuck or a nearby community:

• CT Contact's New Year's Eve Party - The Crystal Room (Naugatuck)
  • Join us for our New Year's Eve Party for singles at The Crystal Room in Naugatuck. Always one of our biggest and best singles dance parties of the year, we are expecting a crowd of 375+ to attend this event held in the beautiful ballroom with a large dance floor. More info here.

• Noon-Year’s Eve Craft Party - Howard Whittemore Memorial Library (Naugatuck)
  • Join Us at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 31, for a very special craft party and ring in the new year with us at noon! A countdown for kids! More info here.

• Stand Up & Count Down To 2025 - Seven Angels Theatre (Waterbury)
  • Ring out the old and ring in the new with a night full of belly laughs! Seven Angels' New Year's Eve tradition, Stand Up & Count Down 2025 features three hilarious New York City comedians - Steve Shaffer (headliner), John Iavarone and Rich Francese - plus Seven Angels favorite Michelle Gotay (Earlene's Diner) to help you bring in 2025 on a high note. More info here.

Hosting a New Year's Eve event in Naugatuck? Be sure to post it on the Patch Calendar.

Nearby in Derby, The Hops Company will host a New Year's Eve party, featuring DJ music and more.

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.

• Related: What New Year’s Resolution Did You Keep? How Did You Do It? [Patch Survey]

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.