new years eve

In case you didn't know, New Year's Eve is coming 'atcha faster than a year-end best-of list on the Internet. Better make your plans now, if you haven't yet.

New Year’s Eve – a time for revelry, chicanery or, if you’re the reserved type, peace and quiet.

Think your New Year's kiss was memorable? Check out Stuart Edge and his nifty card trick that won him a bunch of New Year's kisses.

A lot of restaurants jack up prices for New Year’s, but Applebee’s may have taken it to extremes.

Attention, residents of Maui: If you're spending a relaxing New Year's Eve at home tonight and you find the soothing strains of your favorite Don Ho CD suddenly overpowered by high-voltage rock 'n' roll, don't worry. That's just Alice Cooper and friends ringing in 2014 the only way they know how.

If you're planning on getting gussied up and hitting the town for New Year's, you're in the minority.

The Coney Island Polar Bear Club's annual New Year's swim looks like a great time. People in costumes, swimming, having fun. We probably should've gone, but there was that whole hangover thing to deal with. Which makes us wonder, does jumping into the freezing Atlantic ocean cure a hangover? If so, we're totally there next year.

It seems that a massive undertaking like a New Year's Eve Special was a little more than independent, LA-based television station KDOC could handle. Really. It definitely was.

Happy New Year! Why not start your year off right -- by watching Anderson Cooper desperately trying to keep Kathy Griffin's face away from his groin.

The hourly countdown to 2013 has officially begun, which means New Year's Eve preparations are in full swing. We're practicing our photobombing techniques, cranking up the tunes and bejeweling jean shorts, among other things. December 31st is the party of all parties, after all!

Everyone knows about the ball that drops in New York City's Times Square to mark the start of a new calendar year. What you may not realize, though, is that other cities around the nation have similar traditions that entertain and enthrall their local communities. Here's a look at some of the odder traditions that will be taking place in America tonight:

New Year's Eve is all fun and games until somebody loses an eye. That's the takeaway from the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual year end warning on champagne bottles. According to the doctors, 'When a champagne cork flies, you really have no time to react and protect your delicate eyes." GAH! Shield yourself with the nearest anything!!!