I fail to see why you can't stay in with the curtains drawn, a bottle of the good stuff and a decent book feeling smug that you've avoided the pointless crowds staring at gun powder going off in the sky, ridiculous prices of booze, the mission impossible maneuvers to get to the actual bar to be served said booze, the frantic 'grab a grope' at 11:55 and the total waste of time that is discussion of new years resolutions which will be broken a week later.
Or is that just me? ;0)