New Year’s Eve 2024 In Manassas: Parties, Skating, Noon Year's Eve

MANASSAS, VA — In the Manassas area, there will be various events to ring in the new year. One of the unique things to do is Skate N' Fun Zone's events for children and adults.

Skate N' Fun Zone in Manassas will host a Noon Year's Eve party from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. For the adults, a New Year's Eve Party will follow from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. For both events, guests can dress in 80s attire, enjoy music and enter contests as the venue skates into 2025. Tickets are available online and in person.

Here is a look at some additional events happening in and near Manassas:

• New Year's Eve Party at Uptown Alley
• Virginia Portuguese Community Center New Year's Eve Party
• New Year's Eve Drag Bash
• New Year's Eve Bash with Delta Spur
• New Year's Eve Celebration at Giuseppe's Haymarket
• New Year's Eve Pre-Party Palooza at Central Library
• Countdown to Noon at Bull Run Library
• 2 Silos Brewing New Year's Eve
• New Years at Mariachis
• New Years Eve with Cast Iron Craft House
• New Year's Eve Holiday Brew Bash at Mustang Sally Brewing
  

If you know of other events, send an email to manassas@patch.com, and we'll add it to this list.

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.

One of Virginia's traditions is the Chincoteague Island Horseshoe Drop, which celebrates the wild ponies that call Chincoteague home.

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.