Or, if the case may be, snarling whilst shoving the old one unceremoniously out the door?
Generally, unless there was something else afoot rudely keeping us awake, we tend to greet the new year in/with a cacophony of discordant snoring.
Generally, unless there was something else afoot rudely keeping us awake, we tend to greet the new year in/with a cacophony of discordant snoring.