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Yummy! The Year of the Tiger brings great luck and more delicious food!

I had grand plans to ring in the year 2021. I even put my New Year's glasses on our cat, Fluffy. I ended up ordering pizza, watching The Flight Attendant, and falling asleep before midnight.

For New Year's Eve, I might order some Chinese food and make a shark coochie board instead of cooking a big holiday meal, 'cause I am all cooked out!

It’s safe to say we’re all entering 2021 with high hopes and what better way to harness what you want than with a calendar or planner that really speaks to you.

Doing less, you accomplish more, say experts.

The very word 'resolution' brings a sneer from some, fear from others. Or we just plain run out of steam. But it's really simple to keep them. The main reasons they fail are because we don't follow these easy steps.  For example, if you want to 'lose weight' or get in better shape in 2019, you need to narrow it down:  specify your goal ... Read More ...

Sometimes twin babies born hours apart can end up having different birthdays, but one set in Minneapolis actually have different birth years. While Beckett Humenny was born at 6:40 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, it seems his sister Freya wasn’t quite ready to leave the comforts of the womb until nearly six hours later. She was born at 12:26 a.m. on January 1st.

New Year’s Eve is one of the most fun celebrations of the year, but, seriously, of all the things to drop on this over-the-top extravaganza New York chose that dull ball? We know it’s tradition, but come on. There are plenty of other things to drop, like pelicans, pickles and even drag queens. Check out how some people across the country do up New Years.

Is the best way to deal with notoriously hard-to-keep New Year’s resolutions avoiding them altogether? According to a new poll, a plurality of Americans seem to think so.

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1863 – President Abraham Lincoln signs the final Emancipation Proclamation, ending slavery in the rebelling states (More info) 1934 – Alcatraz Island becomes a United States federal prison (More info)