New Year's Eve In Jersey City: Parties, Tastings, More

JERSEY CITY, NJ — Whether want to spend New Year's Eve by yourself or surrounded by friends, with kids or adults, there's a place for you, especially in Hudson County.

Here are just a few of the events we found in Jersey City and Hoboken, from the waterfront to the Biergarten:

New Year’s Eve 2022 Around Hudson County

• Pilsener Haus Biergarten in Hoboken throws a New Year's Eve party for kids (and their adults) each year from 4-7 p.m. Get tickets here.
• If you like the idea of bringing the kiddies somewhere, but you live closer to the Hoboken/Jersey City border, you can also head to Northern Soul.
• Want to go somewhere more adult? Bin 14 in Hoboken, known for its wine bar, will have three seatings with a special menu, including a champagne toast. Find out more here.
• Want one of the best views of the Hudson River from the Jersey side? Head to RoofTop @ Exchange Place for their celebration. Find out more here.
• Also on the waterfront, Battello in Jersey City is bringing back their New Year's Eve with the Almost Easy Band. Find out what $275 per person gets you here.
• Jersey City and Hoboken have no shortage of bars and restaurants holding events. But if you feel more like trying something new or meeting new people, Meetup.com has endless activities in New York City and Hudson County.
• Wondering why your event isn't listed here? Email Hoboken or Jersey City Patch next time your business is doing something unique.

New Year's Traditions

In the United States, one of the most popular New Year’s Eve traditions is, of course, the dropping of the giant ball in New York City’s Times Square. Various cities have adopted their own iterations of the event — the Peach Drop in Atlanta, the Chick Drop in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and the giant Potato Drop in Boise, Idaho.

The end of one year and beginning of another is often celebrated with 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 history of New Year’s resolutions dates back 8,000 years to ancient Babylonians, who would make promises to return borrowed objects and pay outstanding debts at the beginning of the new year, in mid-March when they planted their crops.

According to legend, if they kept their word, pagan gods would grant them favor in the coming year. If they broke the promise, they would fall out of God’s favor, according to a history of New Year’s resolutions compiled by North Hampton Community College New Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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 myriad 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 and a plan to meet the stress and discomfort of changing a habit or condition.