Do you love celebrating New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day?  NewYear2012.net is a blog that is all about New Years 2012, covering party ideas, resolutions, tips, predictions, and more.  According to New Year 2012:

The purpose of this website is to bring you fresh ideas for all things New Year 2012.  We offer tips on planning a New Year eve party to make this year end different and special; and ideas on where to go and what to do to bring in the new year.  We give you insight on how to stick with your New Year resolutions and make some predictions for the year ahead.  New Year’s day is traditionally a family day so we give you tips and ideas on making the most of it.  New Year is a time for celebration, countdown parties, champagne, dancing and fireworks.  It’s probably the biggest celebration of the year seeing the last few hours of the old year slip away and the start of a bright new year 2012.  But as with everything that comes to an end, it’s also a time to reflect on the year past and make plans for the year ahead.

http://newyear2012.net/

Programing note: There will not be a Website of the Day post on Friday, December 30 or Monday, January 2.  We would like to wish everyone a safe and happy New Year, and we’ll see you back on Tuesday, January 3.

Today’s featured site, timeanddate.com/Counters/NewYear, is a New Year’s countdown from timeanddate.com that covers any timezone in the world.  The countdown counts the exact days, hours, minutes, and seconds until the New Year.  You can select any time zone or major city in the world or you can view all timezones on a single page.  There are also countdown apps for Facebook and iPhone.

Happy New Year everyone!

http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/newyear.html

Are you hosting a party this New Year’s Eve?  Could you use a little help planning the particulars such as recipes, drinks, activities, and decorations?  Celebrations.com/New-Years-Eve, the New Year’s section of Celebrations.com, is a website that posts all the information and ideas you need to throw a great New Year’s Eve party.  According to Celebrations.com:

New Year’s Eve is a time to celebrate new beginnings.  We’ve got plenty of New Year’s Eve ideas to help you plan the perfect New Year’s Eve party and ring in the New Year in style.  Be sure to also check out our budget New Year’s Eve party ideas to ensure that your celebration will be friendly on your wallet yet fun for all of your guests.

Categories include: Party Ideas, Recipes, Drinks, Tips, Decoration, Crafts, Activities, Gift Ideas, Top 5 Lists, History and Tradition, Video, Gallery, and Party Supplies.

http://www.celebrations.com/new-years-eve

NewYears.EarthCam.com is a website that shows live footage of New Years celebrations in major cities around the world including the celebration in Times Square, NY.  The sight shows a live webcast with streaming video and audio from multiple cameras.  There is also a countdown to tell you how much time you have left.   While you’re waiting you can watch archives from 2009.

(Programming Note: No post tomorrow. Happy New Years everyone!)

http://newyears.earthcam.com/