Last year Netflix offered a kid-friendly countdown for the first time, featuring King Julien from “Madagascar. Netflix is touting the service as a solution for parents who “would jump at the chance to put their kids to bed before the clock strikes twelve.”Īccording to a Netflix-commissioned online survey of 9,128 people in nine countries (including Canada), 96 per cent of Canadian parents plan on spending New Year’s Eve with their kids, and just over half would prefer to put their children to bed before midnight.Īs for the ideal timing, the survey found that over 70 per cent of parents would begin the countdown before 11 p.m., and 20 per cent of parents would choose 9 p.m. The short videos are based off several Netflix kids’ shows and movies, including “Puffin Rock,” “Care Bears & Cousins,” “Inspector Gadget,” “King Julien,” “Mr. “We won’t tell them it’s not midnight if you don’t,” a trailer for the service coyly suggests. Netflix: At the time of this writing, Netflix hasn’t released any countdowns yet – but we expect that they will since they’ve been doing it for the last several years.For parents hoping to coax the kids to bed before the champagne pops on New Year’s Eve, Netflix is offering a time-bending solution.įor the second year in a row, the online streaming service will offer three-minute “countdown specials” that can be played at any time, allowing parents to drop the ball and ring in 2016 whenever they wish. Clocking in at three and a half minutes, the countdown part isn’t quite as dramatic but the post-countdown celebration lasts a little bit longer than other options. Fair warning to parents that you might find this one more annoying so just be aware.įireworks + Auld Lang Syne (YouTube): This is a 60-second countdown followed by fireworks and Auld Lang Syne. This can be fun if your kids are familiar with these characters. PBS Kids New Year’s Eve Countdown with DJ Walrus: PBS has a new countdown just for kids.
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This one is well-done and exciting as you count down a full minute to midnight! This one-and-a-half-minute countdown generates enough drama through music and visuals that they’ll think it’s the real thing. This real-time countdown clock automatically sets to your time zone, but if you choose “multi time zone countdown” (below the countdown clock) you can choose to display another time zone that’s ringing in the new year earlier.Įpic Inspiration New Year Countdown (YouTube): Some kids aren’t easily fooled, or they want something more than a cartoon or basic countdown. Time and Date Countdown Clock: Simple and does the trick. Back in 2014 Netflix came up with the genius idea of an on-demand New Years Eve count down for kids. Most live streams just show the crowds/ball drop (no hosts or performers or high-quality production). Note that if you are expecting to live stream one of the shows/productions that the networks put on from Times Square, you’ll probably need a cable or service subscription. Some of them require a cable or subscription, while others are free. NYC Ball Drop Live Stream: There are a few ways to live stream the ball dropping in New York City, which is a fun way to ring in the New Year early if you live further west. Whether that means live-streaming an earlier time zone or just totally fudging the time and pulling up a standalone countdown at 7:14 pm, here are some options to help your kids ring in the New Year a little early. If you want to help your kids celebrate the arrival of 2023 without a sleep deprivation hangover, you’ll have to create your own magic.
At AllMomDoes, we’re based on the West Coast so we have the benefit of ringing in East Coast New Year with our kids and getting them into bed well before the stroke of midnight. Ringing in the New Year is fun, but it gets really late if you have young kids.
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