New Years Eve Ball Drop & more
Q: I have come to learn in recent years the NY NYE ball drop on tv starts showing gays and people kissing right after the drop! The lgbt agenda is being pushed even there!
What can decent families do to avoid that, and still celebrate the new year with our family?
A: You do not need to watch a ball drop to celebrate the new year. You can opt for many alternatives And do not need to wait till midnight.
You can watch celebrations on youtube from the 80s or 2000. And or fireworks celebrations from prev years. DC seems to do a fireworks thing every new year.
Pre screen a video. Create a playlist on yt to pick from over the years. Make it a family tradition so your kids continue with it too.
https://youtu.be/65mDUl9nT0o?si=g4Jgchh6Yc74bhfv Synch the time up and watch the 2000 ball drop. There's nothing questionable in there that I can see, just a huge celebration.
https://youtu.be/IREdXw__8BM?si=fhdec_BJrpdX1hi7
This short clip doesn’t show any get agenda
https://youtube.com/shorts/GX6Dq7zeWR0?si=QHBEXn5dtIvqLiHs
Heres one of the ball drop as a test they did
Heres a progress of the ball drop
https://youtube.com/shorts/H5U4FI76Gg8?si=zkyYntKM0AhDAupY
80s videos to prescreen
https://youtu.be/Qp9Ufi0XPIk?si=GI8pkZVhET-UA2Mk
https://youtu.be/bYCqimAVn98?si=UnE0O3QvlR7ufkZt
https://youtu.be/5dcKe81xfAg?si=gihNiTcumHVOx8Io
https://youtu.be/cg7abxbumsc?si=gDU3Bzcvb4FlxdJL
Theyre all fun. It doesnt matter.
Heres a ball drop with fireworks
https://youtube.com/shorts/G0PW9GlJ4zg?si=rtM5mMVziI2wCecJ
Heres fireworks
https://youtu.be/L39jkOhwqII?si=SsPxjXdHePGW2IDx
https://youtu.be/5Jp9_sgJcN0?si=DMACkjDbTx3RE2Nh
https://youtu.be/xX_ykW8idC0?si=9HN_rzmq6HgswX3v
https://www.youtube.com/live/1mqyzlufg90?si=sKm96d4uK4FWRCW9
Prescreen the above.
Once Ai takes off well we can have good Christian made New Years celebration countdowns or make a clean old Dick Clarks version kind.
Once you picked a video for the nye countdown...
You could check to see if any of the Christian ministries are doing anything, and then switch over to the video you choose just before midnight. Ball drop or fire works.
Ideas for the New Years Eve day as a family.
*After New Years this year, buy 70% off items for next yr and keep in a New Yr's bin.
*Put up a New Years Garland & get NYE wear
*Have fun with these sparkly NY bible verses to start out the year
*Have a new years meal; everyone helps with
*Put snack boards together
*Get Welches sparkling grape juice; it is delicious! And some $store flute cups
*Get party hats and 🥳 blowy thingies
*Pick out board games and puzzles for the day
*Do a craft for a party blow out tube
*Share some fun facts from Christian history, from Dec 31 and Jan 1st dates.
*Read verses about the New Life of a believer in Christ, and verses related to living rightly.
*Pick out the devotional plan for the family for the year, and the personal daily reading plan for each family member.
*Update phone alarms for personal daily Bible and prayer time & family time in the Word. And memory verse time.
*Put together a new years Christian music playlist to play for the day today and one for tomorrow.
*Turn on the fire pit fireplace video in the day or early evening
*Pick out sermons to listen to as a family today (or from a playlist even).
*If you are not Christian you can listen to this playlist and then this one.
*Write a New Years letter as a family; annual newsletter letter
*Plan what to have for breakfast tomorrow
*Plan what to do for tomorrow; outing
*Decide where you will go hand out New Years gospel tracts together tomorrow
*Before dinner prep everyone write out the good thinhg they accomplished, did this year, and some favorite memories.
*Each write out and share things you are thankful to God for;from this year.
* Share/Write What was one high point and one low point of your year?
* Share/Write -Looking at the past year as a whole, what's one of your biggest takeaways on how God sanctified you in it?
* Also share what top things they learned from the Bible and fav memory verses learned this year
*Talk over dinner about each persons year
*Kids in bed at early normal kid sleep time.
Additionally: 2 weeks before New Years
*Each person Plan out some goals or plans you want to accomplish that year.
* Plan out the memory verses you/the kids will all learn together this year. Print them out and put in a recipe box by month and or 52weeks.
*Here's a sample talk with kids as part of it.
*A week or two before the parents (you) plan your year out (family, vacation, outings, hobbies, activities, holidays & bdays anniversaries etc, couples time, finances, savings, investing, business goals, income or job changes, etc) accomplishments for the yr
*Share Fun facts from Christian history for 12/31 and 1/1 and 1/2 dates on New Years. As daytime activity.
