Celebrate The New Year With Family

For many of us, the holidays have a way of sneaking up on us.

Even if you have successfully navigated Thanksgiving and Christmas, that’s no guarantee that you’ll have made plans for New Year’s Eve.

Fear not: If you have nothing on the schedule for the weekend, there are still plenty of New Year’s-related activities that don’t require too much advance planning — many of them family-friendly and many taking place in the morning or at midday.

Here is a list of some last-minute New Year’s Eve options.

This year, you can ring in the new year long before your neighbors. If you arrive at 11 a.m. on New Year’s Eve at the Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, 1777 E. Broad St., you are invited to celebrate the new year at noon. While waiting for the countdown, attendees can craft a party hat, play games and even learn a new dance. A second event will ring in the new year at 1 p.m. Conservatory admission costs $23, or $19 for senior citizens, $15 for ages 3 through 12 and free for ages younger than 3.