How 15 Small Children Will Ring in the New Year, According to Stock Photos
By Meredith Carroll |
Most small children will ring in 2013 having been sound asleep for at least five or six hours.
According to one stock photo company, however, small children will ring in the New Year without shirts or pants and by holding breakable items in their hands and wearing hazardous material around their necks
Take a look at how the folks at iStockphoto think these 15 children in particular will ring in 2013:

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By Crying Because Someone Thought It'd be Fun to Keep Him Up Six Hours Past His Bedtime
Happy New Year!
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By Wondering if Anyone Realizes it's Nearly January and He DOESN'T HAVE A SHIRT ON
Happy New Year!
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By Wondering if They Think This Black Towel Will Really Keep Him Warm When He Has a Closet Full of SHIRTS in His Room Upstairs
Happy New Year!
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By Inexplicably Holding a Blank Sign
Happy New Year!
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By Confusing the Midnight Celebration with a Beauty Pageant Win
Happy New Year!
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By Playing 'This Little Piggie' on His Own Toes
Happy New Year!
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By Mourning the Loss of 2012
Happy New Year!
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By Telling Everyone He Loves Them and Needs a Hug
Happy New Year!
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By Being Handed Something Extremely Breakable and Subsequently Told Not to Break It
Happy New Year!
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By Needing No Excuse to Make a Mess
Happy New Year!
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By Dangerously Wearing String Around His Neck
Happy New Year!
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By Attempting to Give Chicks His Best Bedroom Eyes Despite the Drool Hanging from His Chin
Happy New Year!
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By Sleeping in a Tuxedo
Happy New Year!
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By Making You an Offer with a Noisemaker that You Can't Refuse
Happy New Year!
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By Wearing a Rainbow-Color Hat Indoors
Happy New Year!
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Photo credits: iStock
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