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Mia is still away so today it’s me Lana  who  has the  honour of starting off  conversation (and an honour it is).

My New Year’s Eve was actually pretty good for a grinch like me who would love to never have left the house.  But I did and, along with oh about 500 other people (and about 40 of our friends ) we went to Nielsen Park in Vaucluse  to watch the fireworks over Sydney harbour. We were noticeable by the amount of glowsticks our children decorated themselves with, in fact I think people on the other side of the harbour may have believed we were a light show unto ourselves.

Apparently the 9pm fireworks were spectacular but  I was watching the kids faces rather than the city skyline (and my eyes were still adjusting to the glowsticks).

But at 9:10pm I started to get a little restless. So did the kids.  It was dark, dinner was finished, the humidity was enveloping us and everything was wet.  Even my dead straight hair started to knock at my scalp in an attempt to frizz.

My husband, being the excellent negotiator that he is, persuaded my son that it would be much more fun to watch the next round of fireworks from the comfort of our home on TV so we fled the crowds, our friends, the wet EVERYTHING and came home in time to cuddle up in bed and watch the midnight fireworks.  Just me, my husband, my son and my dog.  Bliss

How was your New Year’s Eve? What did you do to mark midnight on 31 December 2010?

If you missed the fireworks here is a gallery of fire in the sky from around the world.

Fireworks explode over Big Ben and the London Eye in London, UK.

The London Eye, London, UK

Fireworks shoot off the side of the world's tallest building, Burj Khalifa, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Fireworks explode above Taiwan's tallest building.

New year revellers gather in front of the Brandenburg Gate, in Berlin, Germany.

The top of the Brandenburg Gate, in Berlin, Germany.

Fireworks explode over the bridge 'Blaues Wunder' in Dresden, Germany.

Vienna, Austria.

Fireworks light up the sky during new year's eve celebrations on the harbour in Sydney.

The fireworks display over the Melbourne skyline.

Auckland, New Zealand.

Hong Kong, China.

People release balloons as the Tokyo Tower is illuminated to celebrate New Year at a countdown event at the Zojo-ji Buddhist temple.

Munich, Germany.

A view of the crowd on The Champs Elysees, Paris, France.

Falling confetti at Times Square in New York.

Times Square in New York.

Revellers in New York.

Las Vegas, USA.

Waikiki Beach, Hawaii.

Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Moscow, Russia

Poland

Grozny, Chechnya.

Beirut, Lebanon.