Here's Where To Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2022 In Harford County

HARFORD COUNTY, MD — Whether you're into duck drops, fun runs or classic rock 'n' roll, there's a variety of ways to ring in the New Year in Harford County. Be sure and pay attention to the weather forecast, however, as it could impact events and your plans.

There's the Havre de Grace Annual Duck Drop at Concord Point Park followed by a midnight fireworks display.

The Darlington Volunteer Fire company's New Years Eve Classic Rock n Roll Show features a tribute to The Bopper, Elvis is in the Building Ted Tharp and a Tribute to Roy Orbison by Terry Harris.

Don't forget Charm City Run's fun run followed by a restorative yoga flow.

The Rockin' New Year's Eve Party Dec. 31 includes sensory activities and a countdown to the "New Year" to celebrate 2023 with sensory activities and a balloon drop.

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.