75 New Year’s Eve Questions for Couples, Family and Friends

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New Year’s Eve questions for couples

1. What was the best day of your year, and why?
2. What is one thing we did together this year that you want to do again?
3. What is something you are proud of that I may not know about?
4. What is one small habit you would like us to start next year?
5. Where would you like to go together in the next twelve months?
6. What was the hardest week of the year, and what helped you through it?
7. What is one thing I did this year that made you feel loved?
8. What do you want more of next year: adventure, quiet, friends, time alone?
9. Which meal from this year do you still think about?
10. What would a perfect ordinary day look like for us next year?
11. What is one thing you would like to say thank you for?
12. Where were you at midnight last New Year’s Eve, and how does it compare to now?
13. What song reminds you of this year?
14. If we could redo one day this year, which would you pick?
15. What is something you want to try that you have been putting off?

New Year’s Eve questions for family

1. What is your favorite memory from the year?
2. Who made you laugh the most this year?
3. What is a family tradition you would like to keep?
4. What is a new tradition we should start?
5. What did you learn this year that surprised you?
6. If you could add one thing to our holiday dinner next year, what would it be?
7. What is one thing you are looking forward to in the next year?
8. Which family trip or outing should we repeat?
9. What do you remember most about New Year’s Eve when you were young?
10. What is something someone in this room helped you with this year?
11. What would you like to learn together as a family?
12. If we made a time capsule tonight, what should go in it?

New Year’s Eve questions for friends

1. What was the best thing that happened to you this year?
2. Which of our nights out or trips was your favorite?
3. What is the most random thing you got into this year?
4. Which resolution did you actually keep last year?
5. What is the first thing you want to do in January?
6. Which show or song took over your year?
7. What is something you did for the first time this year?
8. What is the best advice anyone gave you this year?
9. What is one thing you want us to do together next year?
10. Which friend in this room had the biggest year?
11. What is your plan if the resolution does not last past January?
12. If you could bring one tradition from this year into the next, which would you pick?

New Year’s Eve questions for kids

1. What was your favorite day this year?
2. What is something new you learned?
3. What was the funniest thing that happened?
4. Who did you make friends with this year?
5. What is a food you tried for the first time?
6. What would you like to learn to do next year?
7. Where would you like to go next year?
8. What is one thing you want to do every week?
9. What is one nice thing you want to do for someone?
10. What do you want to be doing at this time next year?
11. What is your favorite thing to do on a cold day?
12. If you could have any party theme for next year, what would it be?

Questions to look back on the year

1. What is the first thing you think of when you picture this year?
2. What month would you replay if you could?
3. What was your biggest surprise?
4. What was the best thing you read, watched or listened to?
5. What is something you are glad you said no to?
6. What is something you are glad you said yes to?
7. Which decision are you happiest about?
8. What was the most useful thing you learned?
9. Who changed your year, in a good way?
10. What did you let go of this year?
11. What would you tell yourself on January 1 of this year?
12. What are you most grateful for?

Questions to plan the next year

1. What is one thing you want to do more of?
2. What is one thing you want to do less of?
3. What is one small goal you could finish by March?
4. Which skill would you like to build?
5. Where would you like to spend more time?
6. Who would you like to see more often?
7. What would make next year a good year, in one sentence?
8. What is one thing you have been waiting to start?
9. Which of your habits should we toast to and which one should we retire?
10. What is a trip you want to book?
11. What do you want to be known for next year?
12. What do you want to say yes to?

New Year’s Eve questions game

Here are three ways to turn the lists above into a game.

The question bowl. Write questions on slips of paper and put them in a bowl. Take turns drawing one. The person who draws reads it aloud and answers first, then everyone else answers. Everyone also gets one pass.

Guess who said it. Everyone answers the same question on a slip of paper without a name on it. Read the answers out and guess who wrote each one. It works best with the “look back” list.

Twelve before twelve. Pick twelve questions and open one every few minutes in the last hour. Answer it as a group before the next one. The last question should be the gratitude one.

For more games like this, see our 21 questions game, hot seat questions and this or that questions. For couples, try questions to ask your boyfriend or Would You Rather questions for couples.

More New Year’s ideas

• 100 year in review questions to look back on the whole year, with a free card game.
• End of year questions for couples for a quieter night for two.
• New Year’s Eve games for couples if it is just the two of you.
• 50 New Year’s trivia questions with answers.
• Family Feud-style New Year’s Eve questions for a team game.
• New Year’s Eve bingo cards and a New Year’s charades generator you can use right now.