First year we did it, there were about 25 people and new people have been added every year.

The party pretty much spreads throughout the entire house, except in the bedrooms. But there are people in the living room, outside, in the kitchen, in the kids' play room, all over.

This is somewhere where people can come and spend New Year's Eve with the children and not have to worry.

We do all the setting up and cleaning up and my wife does all the cooking.

We serve meatballs, baked ziti, sausage and peppers, macaroni and broccoli, breads, hot dogs and chicken tenders for the kids.

I serve food throughout the evening, including the dinner, and then cold cuts, so people eat about three times during the party.