Check List for a Happy New Year's Eve

Yummy junk food (necessity).
Foxy poncho (optional).

Fab-u-lo-so family to hang out with (necessity).

Good movie to watch (bonus).

Fire Pit (optional, yet thoroughly appreciated and enjoyed).

Plenty of dress-up, make-up, doting older cousin + older cousin's adoring friends to assist you with the make-up, dress-up (necessity, of course).

Kids in bed, sound asleep BEFORE midnight
(necessity? optional? bonus?... depends on who you ask).