Moderately Confused by Jeff Stahler for December 31, 2021

On the west coast, the ball in Times Square drops at 9.

You have 24 time zones to choose from.

If you’re a Qthugican, just alter reality to your specifications.

You need to adopt a new time zone

I’m with him, except maybe stretch it to around 9-ish.

Some yeas are better off sneaking out in the dead of night.

Just celebrate it in a different time zone…that’s what I do.

Never understood the fuss about the changing of a calendar. At least in the old days we could look forward to 2 weeks of writing the wrong year on our checks.

Happens about nine for me.

I wonder how “flat-earthers” explain the reason for all the time zones.

I make it to 8:45 — can’t even stay awake for East Coast NY

Trouble is, if I go to bed at nine, all the fireworks and horns and stuff not only wakes me at midnight, it goes on til 2 am

Actually, New Year’s Eve is almost 24 hours long. I believe it starts at 12:00:01 am on the 31st and doesn’t end until 11:59:59 pm.

Laughing out loud at that one. You can always record the festivities but by next year, nobody cares. :)

Back in the ’80s I set the VCR to tape New Years Eve celebrations and watched the next afternoon…

New years eve begins at 6.

NOTHING Happens in Kiribati

December 31, 1994

This date is skipped altogether in Kiribati as the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands change time zones. The International Date Line bisected the island republic into two halves with the western part of the republic 24 hours ahead of its eastern part. To put an end to this situation, the president of Kiribati announced that on 1 January 1995 the International Date Line would henceforth run along the eastern boundary of the republic, thus eliminating December 31, 1994.

https://www.ThisDayTrivia.com/trivia/december-31?f=NOTHING-Happens-in-Kiribati#NOTHING-Happens-in-Kiribati