How to Celebrate New Year's Eve Locally

How do you ring in the New Year? Do you celebrate at home with loved ones? Hold a big bash? Or are you looking for something special to do this year?

Start your night off with dinner out. Unlike Christmas Eve and Christmas day, many, many restaurants are open. OpenTable has a long, long list of local restaurants and restaurants in the city that are open and offering specials.

Lower Gwynedd’s historic will be offering a New Year’s Eve Gourmet Dinner and is accepting reservations at 215-699-9272.

Prism Brewing in North Wales is celebrating their first year open and ringing in 2012. They will be featuring an open bar with the full lineup of craft beers, a buffet, and a souvenir glass commemorating the night.

Joseph Ambler Inn in North Wales is holding a New Year’s Eve dinner party. Dinner is served from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. For the price of your ticket, you also get a glass of champagne.

In Horsham, has crafted a special New Year’s Eve menu and will have a DJ beginning at 10 p.m. They will also be tapping beers throughout the night: At 8 p.m. Burton Baton, 9 p.m. Pangaea, 10 p.m. Olde School Barleywine and 11 p.m. Dogfish 120 Minute IPA.

Then, the difficult decisions begin – how to celebrate and ring in 2012?

The Please Touch Museum rings in the New Year early, celebrating “Noon Year” at 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. with activities, music and confetti. Perfect for the little ones who won’t be able to stay awake until midnight.

The second annual New Year’s Eve Ghost Tour at the Powel House in Old City. The tour includes a candle light tour of the mansion and more.

There are two times to see fireworks over the Delaware: 6 p.m. and midnight. Uwishunu has a roundup of the best places to watch the fireworks this year.

in Blue Bell is featuring Split Decision and DJ Pete Rocks for their New Year’s Eve party. Tickets include top shelf open bar from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., premium hors d’oeuvres buffet, party favors, and jager bomb or champagne toast at midnight.

in Blue Bell is also hosting a New Year’s Eve party from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. with no tickets required.

will also be hosting a New Year’s Eve party featuring the band Evolution and no tickets required.