People like to celebrate the New Year with a bang, something the Peanuts also like to do. Just like Peanuts shows holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas in its comic strips - including some truly classic stories - New Years is also shown annually.

Despite some of these comics being over 60 years old, these New Year's comics remain relatable to readers, whether it be Charlie Brown and Lucy not getting invited to New Year's parties, resolutions, or party fouls. The New Year's comics manage to differ from one another year after year despite the strip's fifty-year duration, while still establishing hilarious running gags. Similar to how Halloween has the running gag of the Great Pumpkin or how winter has the gag of Snoopy being someone's skating partner, Peanuts' New Year's comics have their own share of ongoing jokes.

10 "Dancing Beaglettes"

December 30th, 1979

Partying at Woodstock's New Year's Eve party, Snoopy is living his best life, enjoying root beer and dancing to his heart's content. The party hits a snag when Snoopy realizes that dancing Beaglettes (akin to human Rockettes dancers) are not at this party, and he has a fit. He then insults Woodstock's party, stomping home. Like any good friends, the pair patch things up with both apologizing (even though Woodstock did not really have anything to apologize for) while hugging each other and Snoopy wishing Woodstock a happy new year.

However, Snoopy is still not quite over the lack of Beaglettes. Snoopy, being as eccentric as he is, can embrace his flair for the dramatic, as seen in this comic strip where he makes a big fuss over nothing. If Woodstock ever has another New Year's Eve party, he'd be wise to include the Beaglettes if he is planning on inviting Snoopy.

9 "Because Neither Did I!!!"

January 1st, 1980

Discussing the possibility of Beethoven ever getting invited to New Year's parties with Lucy, the foremost authority on Beethoven, Schroeder answers that he probably was not invited. Lucy, wishing to complain, exclaims that she has no pity for the musician because she has not been invited to any New Year's parties either. Being crabby and bossy, it isn't a huge shock that Lucy would not be the first choice to invite to a party.

The reason for Lucy's blow-up actually makes a little sense when one understands the context. When New Year's Day has come and then ed, Lucy gets upset, and her feelings hurt that not one person invited her to a New Year's party. She gets so upset that she stews about it for days after New Year's Day, bugging Snoopy about why someone as charming as her never received any invites.

8 "Better"

January 1st, 1992

On the first day of the New Year, Peppermint Patty and Marcie call Charlie Brown, demanding to know which one of them he decides that he likes best. Marcie corrects her pal's word usage only for it to go over Peppermint Patty's head, as she thinks that Marcie is saying that Charlie Brown had better decide, which she relays to him on the phone.

Peppermint Patty is not the world's best student (in any subject), so Marcie's English lesson falling flat while she is on the phone is totally on par with her character. Marcie is undoubtedly the brains of the duo, but Peppermint Patty is the one who has the gumption in the first place to pose this question to Charlie Brown. When Charlie Brown does not give them an answer over the phone, they actually go over to his house, not willing to take no for an answer.

7 "Bang!"

December 31st, 1990

Out in the Needle's desert with his cactus pal, there aren't a lot of ways for Spike to celebrate New Year's out in the middle of nowhere. As a result, Spike takes it upon himself to start the new year off with a bang... by saying the word bang. It is not like he and his cactus pal have any drinks to toast with at the start of the New Year anyway, so Spike might as well ring in the New Year in his own idiosyncratic way.

Spike, much like his brother Snoopy, is a unique individual who lives life on his own . Consequently, even the holidays, including New Year's Eve, get a twist that sets him apart from others, even from his own sibling, who celebrates the New Year in a more typical way, like with parties.

6 "Is This a Guarantee?"

January 1st, 1962

Lucy is not typically someone who looks forward to the new year, tending to be crabby about it, which is not exactly a surprise when it comes to Lucy. A piece of evidence of her New Year's disdain and grouchiness occurs in a comic strip when Charlie Brown innocently wishes Lucy a Happy New Year. He is met with a lot of attitude for no real reason when Lucy starts giving him the third degree about how saying "happy new year" does not guarantee it will be a new year that is happy.

She goes on a whole tirade, and all Charlie Brown can say is his trademark phrase: "good grief!" All the readers seeing this exchange can relate to good old Charlie Brown in this comic strip. After seeing Lucy's negativity about New Year's Day, it's all the more weird that Charlie Brown is labeled the Debbie Downer of the group.

5 "A Day Ahead of Time..."

December 30th, 1983

It is not all that uncommon for Charlie Brown to get the short end of the stick. Actually, it is pretty much the norm that Charlie Brown ends up with his feelings hurt or getting treated harshly and unfairly. Holidays are not exempt or off limits for Charlie Brown's bad luck, with New Year's Eve being included in the poor kid's string of misfortunes, as seen in this comic strip.

This comic strip was adapted into the animated TV special, Happy New Year, Charlie Brown!

Charlie Brown gets down in the dumps about never getting invited to New Year's Eve parties, thinking of all the people that get to go to parties all dressed up, with Snoopy rubbing it in by being dressed in his new year's finest a whole day early right in Charlie Brown's window. It is hard enough that he does not get invited to anything, but to add insult to injury, his own dog gets invited to parties while he doesn't.

4 "This Year Is No Better Than the Last One!"

January 1st, 1963

Lucy likes to make a habit out of complaining about the new year or about how the year does not get better just because it is new. In other words, she likes to start the new year with some pessimism. Given her penchant for bemoaning the new year, she has a slew of New Year's comic strips that show her lack of excitement for the new year.

One example occurs in a Peanuts strip where, out of nowhere, Lucy reminds Charlie Brown of a point she made before, that this year is no better than last year. Foretelling that 1963 is no better than 1962, Lucy already has her sights set on this year being just the same as the last and all the ones before it. Between her frustrations with her younger brothers and her overall tendency to be crabby, she brings her less-than-stellar attitude into 1963 - and all future years, for that matter.

3 "Do You Love Me, Chuck?"

January 1st, 1993

For whatever reason, Peppermint Patty gets the nerve at New Year's to ask Charlie Brown about his feelings for her, as seen in multiple comics. Since she has a crush on her good buddy Chuck, it is fitting for her to try to scope out his feelings for her. In 1993, Peppermint Patty calls her pal Chuck on New Year's Day to wish him a Happy New Year and then springs the loaded question of his love for her - and whether it exists.

Charlie Brown thinks fast and does the old dropped-call trick, acting like her call did not go through and that she needs to hang up and not dial again, all while Snoopy looks on disapprovingly. While Charlie Brown's response may not be the best, Peppermint Patty really catches the kid off guard, so one can't be too hard on him.

2 "We're All Out of Hors D'Oeuvres?!"

December 31st, 1992

Having a big blowout at his house for New Year's Eve with his many bird friends, Snoopy finds out that he is all out of hors d'oeuvres. Snoopy's genuine surprise at being out of appetizers for his guests when he has a whole gaggle of birds at his party is a bit out of pocket given the large size of his party. Regardless, a lack of food will not slow down a Snoopy party, with the happy-go-lucky beagle able to make fun out of any situation... even if he's the only one having any fun.

With as many bird friends as Snoopy has, one wonders what Snoopy even served as hors d'oeuvres due to their wildly different tastes and diets. As mad as Snoopy got at Woodstock one year for not having dancing beagles at his party, it is definitely a worse party foul to not have enough food for guests, making Snoopy look like he is not the best party host.

1 "These Are Character Traits!"

January 1st, 1959

Lucy hands Linus a list with all his faults on them to fix so that he can be a better person next year. Linus is understandably quite upset at this (who would take a list of their own faults well?) but counters that the items are not his faults, but rather his "character traits." Lucy takes issue with many of Linus' "character traits," like his attachment to his security blanket and his borderline obsession with his teacher, Miss Othmar.

In this storyline, Lucy ends up giving lists of faults to Charlie Brown and Snoopy as well as some other unlucky Peanuts kids.

On the first day of 1959, Lucy decides to do something about the annoyances her younger brother poses for her, but her list of faults is very likely to go untouched throughout the new year based on Linus's reaction alone. This Peanuts strip is a perfect illustration of how Lucy takes the bossy older sister role to skyscraper-level heights.