New Year’s Eve 2022 In Upper Dublin: Valley Forge Casino, UD Library

UPPER DUBLIN TOWNSHIP, PA —It's time to celebrate 2023. But if you're not staying home to watch the ball drop at Times Square in New York City, numerous places are offering festivities that include buffets, party hats and streamers, and midnight champagne toasts.

One area business is even going back to the 1920s to the days of flappers and speakeasies. There's also a "noon" New Year's Eve celebration for children in Upper Dublin Township and another in Warminster. Others are offering three-course meals, DJs and dancing to kick off the new year.

Here is a look at some additional events happening in the Upper Dublin Township Area:

• "Noon" Year's Eve —11 a.m. to Noon, Upper Dublin Township Library, Upper Dublin Township
• Valley Forge Casino Resort New Year’s Eve —12 p.m. to 2 a.m. games, karaoke 8 p.m. DJ Rashaun 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Revolution Chop House, jazz duo, champagne toast at midnight. Reservations available here.
• New Year's Eve at Brothers Kershner Brewing Co.—12 p.m. to 12 a.m., Brothers Kershner Brewing Co., Skippack
• Noon Year's Eve —10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Legoland Discovery Center, Plymouth Meeting.
  Are you ready for a brick-tastic celebration? Reserve your tickets for Legoland's New Year's celebration. Make sure to arrive early for the LEGO Duplo Ball Drop at Noon! Guests will receive a complimentary noise maker and a glass of sparkling apple cider. The event is included in the general admission ticket.
• New Year's Eve at Parx Casino —9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Parx Casino, Bensalem
• New Year's Eve 2023 at the Manayunk Brewery — 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., Manayunk Brewing Company
• Chill AF New Year's Eve — 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Fat Lady Brewing
• New Year's Eve Masquerade Bash —8 p.m. to 1 a.m., The Bar at 1720, Chalfont
• New Year's Eve 2023 at Steam Pub —10 p.m. to 2 a.m., The Steam Pub, Southampton
• Roaring 20s NYE Bash — 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Well Crafted Beer Co., Lansdale
• "Noon" Year's Eve —10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Fab Lab Center, Bucks County Intermediate Unit, Warminster
• New Year's Eve With the Legendary DJ Robbie Tronco —9 p.m. to 2:30 a.m., Fisher's Complex, Bensalem
• NYE in Bensalem at Brand New Founding Fathers —4 p.m. to 2 a.m., Founding Fathers, Bensalem.
• Rivers Casino New Year’s Eve Fireworks on the Waterfront — 6 p.m. and Midnight, Rivers Casino
• NYE Live! New Year's Eve Philly — 9 p.m., Xfinity Live!
• Countdown2Noon at the Please Touch Museum — 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Please Touch Museum
• New Year’s Eve Buffet & Fireworks Family Celebration at Hilton Philadelphia at Penn’s Landing — 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., The Hilton Philadelphia at Penn's Landing

See other New Year's Eve celebrations around Pennsylvania.

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.