Good points, Electro.

Perhaps a point of interest here is that a Martian solar year is 1.881 Earth years, so you could say that I won't be celebrating for another 0.881 of an Earth year. However, here on Mars I always celebrate my new year at the alignment of Mars to Earth; that is to say, when the Earth is closest to Mars, or when my next batch of Martian Moonshine has finished distilling. When these two events coincide, I have a double celebration that often includes trashing some Mars Rover parts I've saved for the occasion.

Always a good time to celebrate is when NASA sends over another probe. If it's orbital I try to shoot it down. If it lands I have a 'Thanks For All The New Spares Day' which sees me armed with a box of tools and a crate of hooch stripping down the whatever to it's componant parts and repairing machines that have packed-up recently.

But, whenever you celebrate and for whatever reason, have a Happy New Year, because, if the Mayans are to be believed, you only have a couple of them left. ;-)

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