Singer Anastacia on her New Year's Eve plans
GETTY 'Usually I’m working over New Year’s Eve but this year I’m staying home'
She was a contestant on this year’s Strictly Come Dancing and lives in Los Angeles. “Usually I’m working over New Year’s Eve but this year I’m staying home, either in Beverly Hills with the family – namely my mother, brother and sister – or I might be hanging out with friends who have kids, because that always makes it extra special.
Usually I’m working over New Year’s Eve but this year I’m staying home, either in Beverly Hills with the family Anastacia
I like having a soiree and inviting people over, especially people who might not be able to get home to see their families, or who are separated, divorced or whatever.
“I’m big on games on New Year’s Eve. Charades are such fun because they’re an excuse to be a bit silly. A little karaoke never hurt, but I prefer it when other people do the singing, though I may do something strange like Day-O to make everyone laugh. If we play Uno, it can get a little boisterous, and when it comes to that or Pictionary I like putting husbands and wives and sisters and brothers on opposite teams to mix things up.
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“On New Year’s Eve, it’s tradition for us all to watch the ball drop in Times Square on the live television broadcast. Because New York is three hours ahead of Los Angeles, it happens at 9pm our time. After that we might be twiddling our thumbs going, ‘All right, what shall we do now?’ “I don’t drink any more, so I guess my New Year’s Day is not the same as it is for a lot of people, where they’re groggy and like: ‘Whoa, what happened last night?’ Not that I mind being around people who are drinking, but I don’t need alcohol to enjoy life.
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Plus with all the health problems I’ve had, I really have to choose my poison, like fake sugar in my tea or Diet Coke. “I don’t do New Year’s resolutions. To set yourself up for failure by declaring all these things you’re going to do then not doing them – that’s not for me.