Where To Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2022 Around Greendale

GREENDALE, WI — As we approach New Year's Eve in Greendale, many will look for a way to spend the night celebrating another year on the books and wishing for luck ahead.

There will be plenty of spots to celebrate around the greater Milwaukee area, with events ranging from nights out on the town to fun for the whole family.

For families looking to ring in the new year, VisitMilwaukee.org rounded up a list including the Harlem Globe Trotters at Fiserv Forum, the New Year's Eve at Noon event at the Betty Brinn Children's Museum, and more.

For the adults, OnMilwaukee.com rounded up a list of events happening at The Pfister, The Iron Horse Hotel, Landmark Lanes, Tre Rivali and beyond. Meanwhile, VisitMilwaukee.com suggested events at staples such as Mad Planet, Potawatomi Hotel and Casino, SafeHouse, Story Hill Firehouse and beyond.

Here is a look at some additional events happening around Greendale:

• On The Edge Bar & Grill at 6815 W Edgerton Avenue in Greenfield is planning a 90s-themed New Year's Eve party that starts at 9 p.m.
• Joey Gerard's at 5601 Broad Street is offering New Year's Eve specials from 4-10 p.m.

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.