Now that New Year’s Eve is behind us, I took a look back at some of my previous celebrations. Quiet, of course, but with movies and moments.
Four years ago, this is what I wrote:
Have some popcorn and movies handy, preferably some old favorites like The Way We Were. I saw the original movie on a New Year’s Eve, when it first came out on the Big Screen…yes, that was a long time ago, early seventies.
Even though I have seen it MANY times, I keep hoping that the ending will change, and Katie and Hubbell will end up together. Sigh.
I saw Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford in an interview together…I think it was one of Oprah’s last years of shows. So amazing.
Okay, I am a sucker for sad stories (movies) that somehow have a happy ending, or even one I wish would happen.
Then, of course, I will have some champagne to sip while I watch the ball drop on New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, with Ryan Seacrest...Oh, I miss Dick Clark, sigh.
I met him once…Dick Clark. My second son worked for Dick Clark Productions for a few years, as a CFO, and in 1999, Dick Clark Productions and Soap Opera Digest put on the Soap Opera Awards show. (Now no longer an event..sigh). I attended, of course, as my son gave me a ticket, and that included the pre-party as well as a Back Stage Pass. See bottom center.
That event was not on a New Year’s Eve, but in February of that year. It felt like a New Year’s Eve event for me, however. (In case you don’t know, I am seriously addicted to soap operas, and since there are only four left, I record them all daily).
But back to my quiet New Year’s Eve….
I also have a few other movies picked out, like Beaches, Annie Hall, and Urban Cowboy.
Yes, seriously sappy. But I love the music in Beaches and Urban Cowboy, and the humor of Annie Hall will lighten things up.
You may have noticed these are all oldies…but I have them in my own DVD Collection, which exceeds 800 movies. Yes, I am addicted.
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For New Year’s Eve in 2018, I watched When Harry Met Sally, another movie that says “Happy New Year” to me.
What did your New Year’s Eve look like?
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