New Years 2013.

The tradition of kissing someone on New Year’s Eve feels as outdated as the 'Rose of Tralee'. So it’s supposed to predict your love life in the coming year? More like your next creep to have mess up about...

There have been movies, books and essays dedicated to analyzing the New Year’s Eve kiss, which lead me to believe one thing: Even though it’s quite cheesy, it’s still an exciting part of the holiday. After a brief conversation with a friend of mine ( OK it was not brief but still) we got to discussing the best New Year's Eve kiss we ever had.

To be honest, sometimes it’s just fun to believe in magic!( Not the Disney kind this time folks) Maybe I’ve been watching too many rom-coms, but I enjoy a good fairytale, especially if it involves an NYE kiss. Suppose you meet The Almighty One at the stroke of midnight, share a sweet kiss and then proceed to fall in love over the course of the year. What a great story to tell at parties! Que people rolling there eyes here.

All fantasies aside, however, it doesn’t change the fact that the hype surrounding who you’re going to kiss at midnight makes it not only deflated, but it also ruins the fun. The whole point of the New Year’s Eve is to believe in fate.

The aura of the New Year’s Eve kiss is always a key point to girls nights. You could get tongue-tied with a total stranger, peck your BFF on the mouth or totally go for it with your secret admirer. Don’t take the excitement out of the smooch by putting too much emphasis on it. The allure of New Year’s Eve is the element of surprise and unexpected encounters. So to me these are the moments that count...

Quite possibly the best person to kiss on New Year’s Eve, your best friend.

Go on the real cheese. For all the hopeless romantics who have been waiting for the 'Knight in shining amour', the romantic people, or the ones that hold the hope in their hearts.

Either way I hope everyone had a lovely New Years Eve, here is to 2014....