December 31: "Describe a New Year's tradition at Baker Street." (from trustingHim17)
Sherlock Holmes was not one to indulge festivities, most of which he considered to be pointless. Any seasonal decorating or celebrating that took place at Baker Street was left to Watson and Mrs. Hudson, each of whom took those tasks on with various degrees of gusto.
New Year's in particular was a holiday that caused Holmes to scoff. The passage of time as demarcated by arbitrary human measurements, he told Watson, seemed hardly a cause for celebration. When Watson pointed out with mild smugness that the "arbitrary" measurement in question was the amount of time it took the Earth to go around the Sun, something the detective might have known had he paid attention in primary school, he was dismissed with the wave of an airy hand and the retort that such an accomplishment might be celebrated at any time of the year with equal validity, to which Watson had no response.
Holmes' aversion to celebrating the start of a new year did not preclude a little arbitrary champagne or staying up till midnight with a dear friend, talking and laughing or simply passing the time in quiet contemplation. And if he were in a good enough mood, he might even play "Auld Lang Syne" on the violin.
And so another year passes, and another, until they pass from life into legend.
Finally finishing up the final day! Thank you everyone for reading and reviewing. Until next year, my friends. :)