The Long Beach Public Library system hosted its annual “Noon Year’s Eve” events on Wednesday, Dec. 31, with children and their families celebrating the new year early at their local branches.
The Long Beach Public Library hosts a Noon Year’s Eve party in Long Beach on Wednesday, December 31, 2025. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
Jeanette Flores leads a dance class during a Noon Year’s Eve celebration hosted by Long Beach Public Library on Wednesday, December 31, 2025. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
Senior Librarian Petry Saenz leads a crafting class during a Noon Year’s Eve celebration hosted by Long Beach Public Library on Wednesday, December 31, 2025. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
Long Beach Public Library hosts a Noon Year’s Eve party in Long Beach on Wednesday, December 31, 2025. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
Jeanette Flores leads a dance party during a Noon Year’s Eve celebration hosted by Long Beach Public Library on Wednesday, December 31, 2025. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
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The Long Beach Public Library hosts a Noon Year’s Eve party in Long Beach on Wednesday, December 31, 2025. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
The Noon Year’s Eve celebrations took place at several local branches, where kids made crafts, danced counted down to noon and had a balloon drop, among other activities, to ring in 2026 — without staying up past their bedtimes.
At the Brewitt Neighborhood Library, for example, the celebration was disco-themed, and kids boogied all afternoon with the help of a dance lesson by a professional instructor.