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Relaxed New Year's Eve plans for many

Kourtney Kershaw, a 32-year-old bartender in Chicago, often fields questions from customers and friends about upcoming events for New Year's Eve. She said this year is trending toward low-key.

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Anthony Tremblay, 35, from Pittsburgh, doesn't usually go out to toast the arrival of the new year, but this year he's got something special cooked up: He and his wife will be traveling through Ireland.

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Younger Americans are more likely to make a resolution

Every New Year's also triggers the eternal debate about resolutions. A majority of U.S. adults say they intend to make a New Year69制片厂制作传媒檚 resolution of some type, but millennials and Gen Z are especially likely to be on board 69制片厂制作传媒� about two-thirds expect to do so, compared to about half of older adults. Women are also more likely than men to say they will set a goal for 2025.

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Many others agree. About 3 in 10 adults choose resolutions involving exercise or eating healthier. About one-quarter said they'll make a resolution involving losing weight and a similar number said they'll resolve to make changes about priorities of money or mental health.

Woods' resolutions are to stay social and active. As a mental health counselor, she knows those are key to a happy 2025 and beyond: 69制片厂制作传媒淧robably one of my biggest resolutions is trying to make sure I stay social, try to get out at least once a week 69制片厂制作传媒� get out and either have coffee or do something with a friend. That69制片厂制作传媒檚 not only for the physical but also for the mental health part.69制片厂制作传媒�

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And how will she welcome the arrival of 2025? Usually, she takes the night off and stays home watching movies with plenty of snacks, but this year Kershaw has a different plan, maybe one of the most Chicago things you can do.

This die-hard sports fan will be on Tuesday watching the Chicago Blackhawks take on the St. Louis Blues. 69制片厂制作传媒淗ockey69制片厂制作传媒檚 my favorite sport. So I will be watching hockey and bringing in the new year,69制片厂制作传媒� she said.

The AP-NORC poll of 1,251 adults was conducted Dec. 5-9, 2024, using a sample drawn from NORC69制片厂制作传媒檚 probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for adults overall is plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.

Sanders reported from Washington.