Where To Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2024 In Andover

ANDOVER, MA — The new year is almost here, and there are plenty of ways to celebrate with family and friends in the Andover area for New Year's Eve.

Here are all the events happening in the Andover area on New Year's Eve:

• New Year's Eve Bash + Karaoke at Wamesit Lanes in Tewksbury
• New Year's Dinner at the Boston Marriott in Burlington
• New Year's Eve at Orzo Trattoria in North Andover. Enjoy a special New Year’s Eve menu, an early bird champagne toast at 5pm, and a countdown to midnight.
• Roll Out 2024, Ring In 2025 at King's bowling alley in Burlington
• New Year's Eve Party at the Lakeside Inn in Wakefield
• Countdown to 2025 at RaeRock's Bar & Grill in Andover
• New Year's Eve at the DoubleTree by Hilton Boston-Andover
• New Year's Eve Bash at Blue Ocean Music Hall in Salisbury
• DoubleTree Hilton Danvers Hoppin' New Year's Eve Party
• Salvatore's Riverwalk Sizzlin' New Year's Eve Party in Lawrence

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.