It’s New Year’s on the hour at Carol and Phil Fox’s house, starting at 5 p.m. on Dec. 31. Their “crew” of 16 family members, with youngsters aged 3 to 22, come from as far as Città della Pieve, Italy, (Corey Fox with Zoe and Jonas) to celebrate the holidays. They do a short countdown 5-4-3-2-1 and say Felice Anno Nuovo to start the fun. Every hour it’s midnight in another country. Don and Wendy (Fox) Grage (D.C.) with Casey, Brady and Hailey; Pete and Hilary (Fox) Keskonis (Atlanta) with Cameron and Quinn, and Houston’s Mandy Hanks with Dylan light sparklers at midnight.

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