Happy New Year and all that

All we're doing tonight is going to see friends for dinner, so we will almost assuredly be in bed well before the clock strikes midnight (hoping that a blast of cold, windy weather that rolled in today will keep neighbors from setting off fireworks), but want to wish all a Happy New Year (or, for those in Switzerland or Germany, einen Guten Rutsch* und ein gutes neues Jahr)!

*Roughly, "a good slide," because you're presumed to slide into the new year...