Boring Road resident Ritu Singh’s apartment rooftop that will be the venue of the New Year’s Eve party. Picture by Jai Prakash

When most residents of the capital would usher in the New Year in hotels and clubs, a few would make their home the centre of all merriment.

Those living in apartments and high-rises are busy giving finishing touches to the preparations that they have planned for the December 31st night.

Rooftop parties and dance programmes with head-banging music are some of the events that the residents have planned for the year-end.

To welcome the New Year, residents of the high-rises have already decorated their apartments with lights.

Ritu Singh, a second-year student of Science College, has decided to give parties at hotels and clubs a miss. She intends to spend time with her family and cousins.

“Till midnight, our entire family would party in the apartment complex, along with our neighbours. We would decorate the building with lights, burst crackers, play games and cut a large cake as the clock strikes 12. My cousins and I will prepare fruit salads, dessert and snacks for the elders,” said the Bailey Road resident.

Even as the glitzy hotels are gearing up to entice foodies with scrumptious spread clubbed with music and dance, some men whose wives and children are out of town on vacations are planning an end-of-the-year meal at home.

“We have hired a cook and a bartender to avoid last-minute hiccups,” said Sanjay Srivastava, a resident of Boring Road.

The men have even planned a costume party and have got fitting attires for their guests.

“Party hats, streamers and noisemakers would be there too. Apart from a costume party, we have also planned a Pajama Party for our close friends. We have invited guests in advance through cards, mails or word of mouth,” added Srivastava.

Asked what is in store in a Pajama Party, he said: “Everyone at the party has to wear pajama on the December 31st night. No matter who comes from where the guest has to wear pajamas.”

If youngsters were planning wild parties at home, Priya Singh, a resident of Kadamkuan, would take the traditional route to usher in the New Year.

The homemaker has planned to decorate her apartment with rangoli.

“Decorating the entrance of the flat with bright rangolis is a must on New Year. All the women in our apartment will get together and design rangolis on the year-end,” she said.

Pallavi Singh, a student of Magadh Mahila College, has games in mind for the year-end. “I am planning a few games that we would play on December 31. The games would be based on New Year resolutions. My neighbours would write down their resolutions on pieces of paper and I would read them aloud,” she said.