Can't be with a loved one for that New Year's Eve kiss? You can still celebrate, even if you're apart. Here are our top tips for celebrating a long-distance relationship NYE.
Send Each Other a New Year's Eve Gift
You can infuse additional excitement into your long-distance night together by sending each other a special gift so you can open it together during your online celebration. Tuck a photo of yourself inside the gift for a special touch.
Dress up for a Romantic Night
It's time to get all dressed up for a fun New Year's Eve long-distance date. Elegant attire can put you in the right frame of mind, even if you are celebrating New Year's Eve apart. Grab a bottle of Champagne and some chocolate-covered strawberries, and click open your video chat. Have a fun evening together!
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Plan a Romantic Dinner
You can plan a beautiful candlelight dinner together. Set the table for two and place your monitor, laptop, or tablet opposite you, so you can see your beloved. It is especially helpful if both of you use the same colored tablecloth to give a sense of realism; you may even forget you aren't sitting at the same table.
Take Selfies the Week Before to Share
You can plan to share some of the fun things you did during the week before New Year's Eve. If you went to a family Christmas dinner or celebration, met up with friends for a cup of hot chocolate, went to a performance of The Nutcracker, volunteered at a food bank, or went ice skating, you can take selfies to share with your sweetheart during your New Year's Eve celebration.
Your photos allow you to share in these individual experiences and make you a bigger part of each other's lives. You can download the selfies and then create a collage, placing your images beside each other.
Plan the Next Year Together
On New Year's Eve, you and your beloved can talk about your dreams, hopes, and plans for the new year and how you can spend it together. Will you still be apart next New Year's Eve? If not, you can start making celebration plans for next New Year's Eve together. Don't stop there. You can make other plans, such as a timeline for certain things to happen to mark your separation drawing to an end. These milestones should become celebration points. New Year's Eve is an ideal time to make these and other plans and maybe toss in a New Year's resolution you make as a couple.
Cook Your Dinner Together
If you and your sweetheart like to cook together, you can still do this in a long-distance relationship. Plan your New Year's Eve meal and take each other on your trip to shop for groceries. This can be almost as fun as cooking dinner together. Set up your tablet or laptop in the kitchen and livestream together while each of you prepares and cooks dinner. Don't forget the wine, and be sure to place a bottle of Champagne on ice for a midnight toast.
Play a Game
As part of your evening entertainment, you may decide to play a game. This is especially fun for a gamer couple. If you don't play video games, there are many other types of games you can play together, from virtual Monopoly to popular word games, such as This or That or Never Have I Ever. Have fun spending the evening together, laughing, and enjoying each other's company.
Livestream New Year's Party You Attend
Just because you're separated by distance doesn't mean you have to be a recluse on New Year's Eve. Plan to get together with a group of friends for a New Year's Eve party and take your sweetheart with you by livestreaming the fun. Each of you can share with the other, so you actually attend two parties instead of just one and double the celebration fun!
Share Some Pillow Talk
What happens once your livestream video celebration with your loved one is over? Chances are you retire for the evening and try to sleep thinking about how much you miss your lover. Pillow Talk is one solution offered to couples separated by distance. If you miss lying with your head on your lover's chest, this device allows you to hear your darling's heartbeat in real-time. Many couples find listening to each other's heartbeat comforting.
Building a Long-Distance Relationship New Year's Eve Style
Celebrating New Year's Eve long distance probably isn't your ideal way to spend such an important holiday. However, it does offer opportunities to have longer conversations and a greater appreciation for each other, especially when you find virtual ways to spend time together.
