Let's be real, y'all: If ever there was a holiday with the potential to be catastrophically terrible, it's New Year's Eve. The post-Christmas blues, the abundant alcohol, the emotional grab-bag of year-end stresses...combine all of these things, and even the most carefully planned evening by the most mentally stable individual is 90 percent likely to end in tears, vomit or (worst of all) VOMIT TEARS.
But don't worry! Because this year, we've got experts on call to help you prevent disaster: the stars of "New Year's Eve" took some time out of their red-carpet walking and waving at the film's premiere, to tell you exactly how NOT to behave as you count down the final hours of 2011.
First, some sage advice from Jessica Biel: "[Don't] plan an important evening. Don't do that, because it's too much pressure. If you're planning on having the best night of the year, you will have the worst night of the year."
And instead, Jessica suggested the following: "Plan nothing. And then see what happens."
Echoing that same advice was Abigail Breslin, who—even at the tender age of 15—has some serious savvy about the Dos and Don'ts of New Year's.
"[Don't] put too much pressure on it; just let things happen, kind of like fate," she said. "Just let things go how they're meant to go."
But if, during your totally unplanned and pressure-free New Year's Eve, spontaneous dancing begins breaking out around you? Make sure you remember Zac Efron, who cautioned partygoers not to be the first on the dance floor: "Let two people get out there. And then go get a circle going, then get it going! Pop it out! Michael Jackson moves!"
Of course, this is coming from a guy who has been repeatedly spotted dancing, all alone, with a basketball. So...yeah. And don't miss the obvious takeaway from Jake T. Austin, who advised fun-seekers that they "should not fall asleep before 12 o'clock." (Thanks, dude. We'll do our best to hang in there.)
But of all the cautionary no-nos we got from the cast of "New Year's Eve," our favorite has to be from director Garry Marshall, who had a special word of advice for the ladies:
"Don't wear a lot of lipstick, because with a little luck, they're gonna kiss you, and you may kiss more than one guy."
He knows us so well.
What's your favorite bit of advice from the "New Year's Eve" cast?
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