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Since the newer, hipper New Year\u2019s Eve crew has decided to chuck Auld Lang Syne<\/i> for the regionally specific New York, New York<\/i>, I offer this little token of New Years of old. \u00a0Call me old fashioned, but I don\u2019t see a need to change things just to prove how hip I am for changing things. \u00a0Especially when it\u2019s a change that more or less says \u2018isn\u2019t there really only one place in America that matters?\u2019 \u00a0So since the other 99% of America that doesn\u2019t live in New York may want to sing something of yesteryear, here\u2019s Guy Lombardo, doing what he did so well. \u00a0Happy New Year everyone, may it bring better fortune and more blessings and be a damn sight better than the last one.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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