As a child it was a pain - it was too close too Christmas. I used to get annoyed with people giving me one big present for Christmas and Birthday together, I didnt have anything to open on my Birthday, which for a child is a big thing; I think it is better to give two smaller presents in such circumstances. Nowadays, its great. I have no desperate wish to have extravagant celebrations and there is always a party on somewhere. I dont think I have ever experienced new year's eve in ED as such. I do quite like the foreign city experience.