New Year’s Eve 2022 Near Bedford

BEDFORD, NY — The Bedford area is always a happening place on New Year's Eve and much less of a headache than heading to New York City to celebrate.

If you're looking for family-friendly fun throughout Westchester, Untermyer Gardens Grand Holiday Illumination in Yonkers, the 2nd Annual Great Holiday Train Show in Chappaqua, Lasdon Holidays on the Hill Annual Train Show in Somers, and Westchester County's Winter Wonderland Drive-Thru Holiday Light Extravaganza will still be taking place on New Year's Eve.

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Here is a look at events happening throughout Westchester County:

• Lasdon Holidays on the Hill Annual Train Show, Somers. Will continue through Dec. 31. Tickets are available here.
• New Year's Eve at La Vista Ristorante, South Salem
• New Year's Eve at The Inn at Pound Ridge, Pound Ridge
• Essential Pizza Night Classics - Cooking Class by Cozymeal, Pound Ridge, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
• Misha Piatigorsky Trio New Year’s Extravaganza, Jazz on Main, Mount Kisco, 8 p.m., 11 p.m. "Ring in the New Year at the best party in town. Gatsby style."
• New Year's Eve at La Camelia Restaurant, Mount Kisco
• New Year's Eve at Ibiza Kitchen, Chappaqua
• New Year’s Eve at Mentor’s Mediterranean, Chappaqua
• Early New Year's Eve Dinner & Late Night Tasting Dinner at Crabtree's Kittle House Restaurant & Inn, Chappaqua
• 2nd Annual Great Holiday Train Show at Horace Greeley House Museum, Chappaqua. Will continue through Jan 8. Tickets are available here.
• New Year's Eve at Moderne Barn, Armonk
• New Year's Eve at The Beehive, Armonk
• New Year’s Eve Ball 2023, Glitz & Glamour at the Greentree Country Club, New Rochelle, 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. "Regarded as the Gold Standard of NYE Balls."
• New Year’s Eve at Town House, New Rochelle; 4-course dinner, $110/person (excludes beverage, tax, gratuity), optional wine pairing $55/person, reservations open from 5 p.m. - 10 p.m. on Resy/OpenTable, champagne toast at midnight
• New Year’s Eve 2023, NoMa Social, Radisson, New Rochelle, multiple seatings
• New Year’s Eve Salsa Spectacular 2023, Empire Ballroom, Radisson, New Rochelle
• New Year's Eve at Posto 22, New Rochelle
• New Year’s Eve at Alvin & Friends, New Rochelle
• New Year's Eve at Dubrovnik, New Rochelle
• The New Year's Celebration, Dave & Buster's, Pelham. Celebrate early with the whole family. Starts at 4 p.m. and includes mouthwatering food, thrilling arcade games, video ball drop and fun for the whole family. Enjoy a special video countdown and Ginger Ale Toast at 6 p.m. to ring in 2023. Event concludes at 7 p.m. Admission Ticket is required for entry to the event.
• Untermyer Gardens Grand Holiday Illumination, Yonkers. Will continue through Jan. 1.
• New Year's Eve at X2O, Yonkers
• New Year's Eve at Dolphin Restaurant/Bar/Lounge, Yonkers
• New Year's Eve at Zuppa, Yonkers
• Rory Dolan's, Yonkers
• New Year's Eve at Augustine's Salumeria, Mamaroneck
• New Year’s Eve at 25 North, Mamaroneck
• Rye Noon Year’s Eve Party, Rye Free Reading Room, Rye. 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Ring in the New Year at the Rye Free Reading Room! Come to the library to make some 2023-themed crafts, have some snacks and stick around for our countdown to 12 p.m. This party is a great option for kids who want to celebrate but are not yet ready to stay up until midnight. Registration required. Open to all kids under 12 and families.
• Snowy Story Times, Westchester Children’s Museum, Rye, 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. Join your museum friends for daily storytimes, where they'll be reading stories all about snowy, winter days. Free with museum admission.
• New Year's Eve, OKO, Rye
• Prime Rib Night, The Barley Beach House, Rye, 5 p.m.
• New Year's Eve at The Greekish, Harrison
• Dark Star Orchestra, The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, 8 p.m. "Performing to critical acclaim for over 20 years and over 3000 shows, Dark Star Orchestra continues the Grateful Dead live concert experience."
• New Year’s Eve at Haven, Port Chester
• New Year's Eve at Sonora, Port Chester
• New Year's Eve at Alba's Ristorante, Port Chester
• New Year's Eve Goosefeather x Hudson Horns, Tarrytown. 10 p.m. Chef Dale will be hosting this party across the Lawn from Goosefeather at The Carriage House on the Tarrytown House Estate property.
• New Year’s Eve Family Spectacular! White Plains 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Main Street at Court Street. There will be live music, the ball drop and fireworks.
• New Year's Eve at The Cabin Restaurant, White Plains
• Westchester County’s Winter Wonderland Drive-Thru Holiday Light Extravaganza, Valhalla. Will continue through Jan. 1. Tickets are available here.

Getting around safely as you ring in the new year is, of course, the most important thing. Public transit systems will, in most cases, be operating on a modified holiday schedule.

Metro-North Railroad:

• On Saturday, Dec. 31, Metro-North will operate on a Saturday schedule, with additional outbound service from Grand Central operating from midnight until 5 a.m. West of the Hudson lines will have additional service after midnight on the Pascack Valley and Port Jervis lines.
• On Sunday, Jan. 1, Metro-North will operate on a Sunday schedule.
• On Monday, Jan. 2, Metro-North will operate on a Saturday schedule with additional service on East and West of Hudson lines.

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In the United States, one of the most popular New Year’s Eve traditions is, of course, the dropping of the giant ball in New York City’s Times Square. Various cities have adopted their own iterations of the event — the Peach Drop in Atlanta, the Chick Drop in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and the giant Potato Drop in Boise, Idaho.

The end of one year and beginning of another is often celebrated with the singing of "Auld Lang Syne," a Scottish folk song whose title roughly translates to "days gone by," according to Encyclopedia Britannica and History.com.

The history of New Year’s resolutions dates back 8,000 years to ancient Babylonians, who would make promises to return borrowed objects and pay outstanding debts at the beginning of the new year, in mid-March when they planted their crops.

According to legend, if they kept their word, pagan gods would grant them favor in the coming year. If they broke the promise, they would fall out of God’s favor, according to a history of New Year’s resolutions compiled by North Hampton Community College New Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Many secular New Year’s resolutions focus on imagining new, improved versions of ourselves. The failure rate of New Year’s resolutions is about 80 percent, according to U.S. News & World Report. There are myriad reasons, but a big one is they’re made out of remorse for gaining weight, for example, and aren’t accompanied by a shift in attitude and a plan to meet the stress and discomfort of changing a habit or condition.