So let’s celebrate with a look at the fun you had on New Year’s Day in years gone by.
Did you go to a football match or take a ride on a model train. Did you go for a sponsored dip or perhaps you were busy working?
We have it all in this round-up of nostalgic New Year’s Day reminders from Sunderland, South Tyneside and Hartlepool.
5. A South Tyneside scene from 2016
A mild start to the New Year on South Tyneside - riding the train in the South Marine Park in 2016. Photo: sg
6. A dip at Seaton Carew
Regulars of the Nursery Inn in Hartlepool doing a New Year's Day dip for Hartlepool Hospice in 2008. Are you pictured? Photo: hm
7. Musical reminders from 2008
The Sunderland Symphony Orchestra which held a New Year's Day concert in Sunderland Minster 12 years ago. Were you there? Photo: TY
8. The start of a mega run in 2017
New Years Day and Paul Suggitt (3rd left) from Hartlepool starts his 10,000 miles in 365 days challenge of running, cycling or walking. Here he is on the first day helped by friends and family for the first mile. Photo: Kevin Brady