What does a starting a new year mean for you? Is it about parties and drinking cocktails? Or maybe fireworks and celebration in a loud way (like here in Nicaragua)? Perhaps you sit at home and watch it all on TV as the apple drops in NYC over Times Square.
Or maybe you take some time to reflect and meditate on what you achieved over the last year and think about your goals, dreams and plans for the next 12 months? Does it slip past midnight quietly with you tucked snugly into your bed?
Holiday time and new year can mean many different things to different people, including how it is celebrated. So I rounded up a set of images that represent some of the different options. How did you celebrate or spent you New Year’s eve?
One door (2014) closes and another opens (2015).
How will you get started in 2015?

Balloons pink and white background by Jesper Hilding Klausen on 500px

Champagne glass by Vadim Kolobanov on 500px

Sydney NYE Fireworks by Night Raven on 500px

Happy New Year by Ahmad Jasem on 500px

The Wish by La Mo on 500px

“No Light Painting…no party!” by Paolo Lombardi on 500px

Champagne and Strawberry by Emily Soto on 500px

AVIVA (Platinum – Pink Gold – Gold) by David Vega on 500px

Greetings by Gynt S on 500px

Celebrate with champagne by Paulo Gonçalves on 500px

Bubbling Champagne in a Glass by Brent Hofacker on 500px

Champagne by Leanid Grushetsky on 500px

Inception by Sarah Karjalainen on 500px

Watching Television by Chris Frear on 500px

H’mong inside by Arnaud Foucard on 500px

Man watching TV by Nemanja Bodroza on 500px

Woman in bed with popcorn by Rob Byron on 500px

Woman at gym. by Ron Chapple on 500px

Meditation by Nasser Al-Ghanim on 500px

Urban Serenity by Nadav Jonas on 500px

Meditation by Alex Z on 500px

Bear Introduction by Jeff Lewis on 500px

Let the Game Begin by Arthur Schroeder on 500px

Seahawks x Saints by Jordan Gerdes on 500px

Epic Incomplete Pass by Ryan Sims on 500px

Gloomy Sunday – San Francisco, CA by Kyu Kim on 500px

Seahawks Russell Wilson scambles by Matt McDonald on 500px

Times Square by night by Fabio Nodari on 500px

Soul by Tatyana Nevmerzhytska on 500px

Vintage Dreams III by Sarah Van Dyck – Moore on 500px

Future 500 pixer by Kevin Cook on 500px

Best Buddy by Mike Wölfle on 500px

Erin by Berit Alits on 500px

Thinking Gears by Cade Martin on 500px

Meanwhile in Finland by Miska Lehto on 500px

believe it or not by Sebastian Freitag on 500px

doors … by Paladyan Konstantin on 500px

Reflections in the street by Edgar Monzón on 500px
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