2010 and Bringing it In, No Matter How Your 2009 Might Have Been

Whether you are bringing in the New Year with family or friends or some combination of the two, here are 5 toasts you and your loved ones can raise your glass and drink to no matter how your year went. They all rhyme, so not only are they catchy, but also easy to remember. Cheers!

1) Toasting a Rough Year:

09 is behind us
A formidable year
If it did nothing else
It brought us all here

Surrounded by loved ones
I mean, you here today
No matter what happens
Let us raise our glasses and say

Here's to lessons we learn
When things don't work out
And true friends that stand by us
When we're down and out

Here's to simple pleasures and treasures
That enrich us anew
When with those we trust
There's not a thing we can't do

2) Short and Sweet (for 2010):

May you smile at what's passed, and laugh now and then
and may you have countless joys in 2010

3) Toasting a Fruitful Year:

2009
was an incredible time
And it's a bit hard
To leave it behind

We laughed much and loved much
And had much to do
And closing this year
Takes some getting used to

So as we look forward
To the chapter that's next
With all its surprises,
Things we might not expect

Let's keep laughing and loving
And never forget
That the best times are those
That have not happened yet!

4) 2009 Event-based Toast

To a first as a President
Of the US
And to not struggling with envy
As he tries to clean up a mess

To all of the soldiers
Facing tensions abroad
May they come safely home
And may we give them laud

To surviving the year
Despite H1N1
May pigs not deter us
Our health second to none

Amidst all our troubles
Let the party begin
Let us life high our glasses
Bring on 2010!

5) Any year

May we keep looking forward
And never look back
Free of from what-ifs and should haves
And could I've had that

May we always be thankful
For the way things turned out
And may we always move onward
That's what our growth is about

To the first time we get it
And the sweet second chance
to third tries and fourth ones
And changed circumstance

Press onward and upward
Whether windy or straight
Find joy in your path
Because its never too late