I reminded everyone of this last year, but I'll bring it up again this year...
New Year's Eve in Germany, Austria, Norway, and who knows how many other countries (but not the US or Britain), the tradition is to sit down and watch "Dinner for One," a very silly British skit filmed in 1963. Here's an interesting article with links to places you can watch the video. I will be watching it on New Year's Eve, as I have for the last two years....
http://www.slate.com/id/2133551"Same procedure as last year, Miss Sophie?"
"Same procedure as every year, James!"