Where To Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2024 In Abington Township

ABINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA —New Year's Eve is filled with good cheer, great food, fancy dinners, live music, and clanging champagne glasses.

Several places in eastern Montgomery County and the Philadelphia Region will celebrate 2025 in grand style with festivities planned at two area casinos and some restaurants like a Brazilian steakhouse in Horsham and The William Penn Inn are planning feasts.

Here is a look at some additional events happening in and around Abington Township:

• Na Brasa Brazilian Steakhouse on Easton Road in Horsham will offer 15 cuts of meat, fresh fish, grilled pineapple, endless sides, desserts, and soft drinks for $74.95 per person. After dinner, keep the celebration going next door at Iron Abbey with a DJ and Open Bar. Reservations are recommended. Festivities begin at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
• This New Year's Eve, the party is at Valley Forge Casino Resort, and we've got a DJ spinning all night at Center Bar to get you in the groove for our midnight champagne toast. DJ Patrice McBride is spinning in the New Year at Center Bar beginning at 8 p.m. At midnight, watch the ball drop and toast to 2025 with a complimentary glass of champagne. Click here for more information.
• Ring the New Year in with Style at Parx Casino in Bensalem Township. Starting at 9 p.m.! Don't miss out on the areas best New Year's Ever Party!
  Bar Area Ticket - $125 per guest includes: Premium Buffet Includes assorted Chickie's and Pete's favorites, a raw bar, Seafood, Pasta, and Sandwich Stations, Assorted Italian Appetizers, Mini Desserts, a Super Premium Bar package, and a Complimentary Champagne Toast. The Reserved Table/Seat Ticket costs $125 per guest. It includes a premium buffet of assorted Chickie's and Pete's favorites, a raw bar, Seafood, Pasta, and Sandwich Stations, Assorted Italian Favorites, Mini Desserts, a super premium bar package, a Complimentary Champagne Toast, and Reserved Seating. Click here for more information.
• At Ardmore Music Hall, New Year’s Eve celebrations begin on the 30th! Snag a one or two-day pass to see Philadelphia punk band, The Menzingers, plus several other local punk and pop-punk artists on Dec. 30 and 31. This is a 21+ only event. Click here for more information.
• Make your reservations at the William Penn Inn in Gwennyd for their New Year’s Eve buffet, filled with hot and cold selections and a carving station, or order off their a la carte menu. Click here for more information.

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.