I'm not really sure how to explain the pomp and circumstance behind New Years to my 3 year old. We don't plan on doing anything special that night (just another night in parenthood ) but of course we want her to know that it is an event.

How do you explain something like New Years to a young child? Do you just let it go until they are older? Tell them that people celebrate the start of a new year and leave it at that? Have a big celebration so they feel like they are a part of it? How do you explain New Years to your littlest ones?