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

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

Several places in Lower Bucks County and the Philadelphia region will celebrate 2025 in grand style with festivities like a gathering at the Steam Pub, and Elmo and the gang at Sesame Place.

Here is a look at some events happening in and around Bensalem Township.

• 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.
• The Steam Pub will hold a NYE Party in Southampton at its location at 606 2nd Street Pike. Festivities take place from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Tickets cover an open bar, live DJ, appetizer buffet and a champagne toast at midnight. Click here for more information.
• Sesame Place is holding a New Year's Eve celebration with Elmo and Friends at its Middletown Township amusement park. Festivities begin at 6 p.m. where children and adults alike can celebrate the new year with music and fireworks. You can also dine with Elmo at New Year's Eve Sweet Treats, sharing desserts and beverages. And you can meet the Count. Click here for more information.
• Here's one for the kids. Funzilla is hosting a New Year's Eve event from 5-8 p.m. at its location at 500 Lincoln Highway in Fairless Hills. The indoor amusement center features go karts, trampolines, a climbing wall and arcade games. There's also a family-friendly glow party with face painting, games and more before a balloon drop at 7 p.m. to welcome 2025. Tickets for the party are available for purchase online.

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.