`` If it had n't the New Year would have seemed just as dingy and worn out as the old . There 's something very solemn about the idea of a New Year , is n't there ? Just think of three hundred and sixty-five whole days , with not a thing happened in them yet . '' `` I do n't suppose anything very wonderful will happen in them , '' said Felix pessimistically . To Felix , just then , life was flat , stale and unprofitable because it was his turn to go home with Sara Ray . `` It makes me a little frightened to think of all that may happen in them , '' said Cecily . `` Miss Marwood says it is what we put into a year , not what we get out of it , that counts at last . '' `` I 'm always glad to see a New Year , '' said the Story Girl . `` I wish we could do as they do in Norway . The whole family sits up until midnight , and then , just as the clock is striking twelve , the father opens the door and welcomes the New Year in . Is n't it a pretty custom ? '' `` If ma would let us stay up till twelve we might do that too , '' said Dan , `` but she never will . I call it mean . '' `` If I ever have children I 'll let them stay up to watch the New Year in , '' said the Story Girl decidedly . `` So will I , '' said Peter , `` but other nights they 'll have to go to bed at seven . '' `` You ought to be ashamed , speaking of such things , '' said Felicity , with a scandalized face . Peter shrank into the background abashed , no doubt believing that he had broken some Family Guide precept all to pieces . `` I did n't know it was n't proper to mention children , '' he muttered apologetically . `` We ought to make some New Year resolutions , '' suggested the Story Girl . `` New Year 's Eve is the time to make them . ''
`` I ca n't think XXXXX any resolutions I want to make , '' said Felicity , who was perfectly satisfied with herself .
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