Where To Celebrate New Year?s Eve 2023 In Milford

MILFORD, CT — The new year is almost here, and there are plenty of ways to celebrate with family and friends in the Milford area for New Year's Eve.

Here are all the events happening in the Milford area on New Year's Eve:

• New Year's Eve Tango Gala with Hyperion in Milford
• Celebrate New Year's Eve on the Lanes at Bowlero in Milford
• New Year's Eve at Whiskey Barrel in Orange
• A New Year's Eve Celebration at Jazzy Cabaret in New Haven
• New Year's Eve Party at The Hops Company in Derby
• 144 Temple New Year's Eve in New Haven
• New Year's Eve Gala Buffet at Joey C's Boathouse Cantina & Grill in Stratford
• New Year's Eve at Barcade in New Haven

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 adopted iterations of the ball drop — the Chick Drop in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and the giant Potato Drop in Boise, Idaho, for example.

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.