Where To Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2024 In The Upper Moreland Area

UPPER MORELAND, PA — The greater Upper Moreland and Montgomery County areas are filled with unique events to ring in 2025 in style.

Here's a glance at few ways to celebrate in the local community:

• New Year's Eve at Valley Forge Casino Resort — Valley Forge Casino, 1160 1st Ave., King of Prussia
• The Menzingers (Night 2) — Ardmore Music Hall, 23 E. Lancaster Ave., Ardmore
• Davio's New Year's Prix Fixe Menu and Party - Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse, 200 Main St, King of Prussia
• Noon Year's Eve Party at Legoland Philadelphia Discovery Center, Plymouth Meeting Mall
• Arnold's Family Fun Center Kid's New Year's Eve Party, 2200 West Drive, Oaks
• William Penn Inn New Year's Eve Buffet and Party, 1017 Dekalb Pike, Gwynedd
• El Sarape Dancing and Dinner Party, 970 Dekalb Pike, Blue Bell
• Colebrookdale Railroad New Year's Eve Celebration, 64 S Washington St, Boyertown
• New Year's Resolution Trivia at Workhorse Brewing, King of Prussia
• New Year's Eve with Basic Cable: '80s Tribute — 188 North, 118 N. Wayne Ave., Wayne

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.