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   baarbear said, 5 months ago

   So what if Mr. Patterson gives his consent for the kids to stay up? 5 will get you 10 that they’ll never make it to the midnight hour.;-D
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   NightShade09 said, 5 months ago

   Of course he’ll say yes. When it comes to his kids, inside, he’s pure marshmallow.
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   Nabuquduriuzhur said, 5 months ago

   It’s not like the kids are the ones who need to go to bed early.
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   Sportymonk said, 5 months ago

   Hey I used to not make it till midnight. Me and the wife fell asleep. Now I work from 10AM – 4 PM and 5:30 PM – 2AM!!
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   psychlady said, 5 months ago

   Say yes, they’ll probably fall asleep anyway!
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   SUSAN NEWMAN said, 5 months ago

   I haven’t stayed up to see the New Year come in for years.
   I mean—big deal!
   Just another lousy year.
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   daniel_bel said, 5 months ago

   Here everyone has always stayed up till midnight, because we have those traditional fireworks that start at 0:05
   At 0:30 it finishes and everyone rushes to grab the toothpaste first.
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   frugalnotcheap said, 5 months ago

   @daniel_bel

   Please explain: I don’t understand about the toothpaste.
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 5 months ago

   Lynn’s Notes:
   My kids used to beg to stay up until midnight, and if there was no party planned, we’d say yes – hoping they’d pass out well before the ball descended the post in Times Square. More than once they woke us up to tell us the New Year had come.
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    Night-Gaunt49 said, 5 months ago

    I don’t watch the ball fall anymore. So what?
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    Jean said, 5 months ago

    @SUSAN NEWMAN

    yep, always sleep through it and unless a neighbor pops some fireworks, I never know when it is midnight.
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    Larry said, 5 months ago

    i usually have to work new years eve ..gettng up a 3:15 am. so i’m pretty tired well before midnight.
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    prrdh said, 5 months ago

    “When never you say”…that has possibilities.
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    cmd13 said, 5 months ago

    We stay up til it’s midnight in NYC. (10pm here). When the ball drops with Cooper and Griffin, we’re done
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    Macushlalondra said, 5 months ago

    What do they intend to do til 12? Watch tv? Eat? Don’t give them anything with sugar or they’ll never get to bed!
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