The clock is ticking to the end of both the calendar year and the end to our warm but pleasant Florida weather. A massive slug of cold air from up north is on its way, and it will cause impacts to how you plan your New Years Eve activities.

If you're making New Year resolutions, experts say keep them small and focused on specific goals.

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If you love Publix subs, then it’s going to be a Happy New Year for you.

Fireworks and drones illuminate the night sky over London as they form a light display as London's normal New Year's Eve fireworks display was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic Thursday Dec. 31, 2020. As midnight rolled from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, Africa and the Americas, the New Year’s experience mirrored national responses to the virus itself. Some countries and cities canceled or scaled back their festivities, while others without active outbreaks carried on like any other year. In Chinese societies, the virus ensured more muted celebrations of the solar New Year, which is less widely observed than the Lunar New Year that in 2021 will fall in February. Initial reports about a mystery respiratory illness sickening people in the Chinese city of Wuhan emerged exactly a year ago.