What does New Year's Eve have in common with bunions? Nothing if you do normal things on New Year's Eve. By normal I mean: parties dining and dancing What does New Year's Eve have in common with bunions? Nothing if you do normal things on New Year's Eve. By normal I mean:partiesdining and dancingwatching the big ball droptraveling to some cool place for the holidaysOr dozens of other things.Not my family, though. No, my family stayed at home most of the Christmas break. When New Year's Eve finally rolled around, we had the privilege of staying awake until midnight; at church.