Ring in the New Year with Netflix’s New Year’s Countdown 2023

For all you parents out there anxiously awaiting the moment you can tuck your kids in so you can get your New Year’s Eve party on, Netflix has you covered. And what better way than to trick them into thinking the clock strikes 12 around the same time they typically go to bed? It’s the holidays, after all — the best time to lie to your children.

While Netflix has significantly cut down the number of New Year’s countdowns from their catalog (there use to be more than 10 different options), your kids can still celebrate 2023 and enjoy some of their favorite animated characters with Skylanders Academy: New Year’s Eve Countdown.

Coming in at just under two minutes, the short features the main cast of the streaming platform’s animated fantasy series, Skylanders Academy, which follows Spyro the Dragon, Stealth Elf and Eruptor as they ward off evil villains in the Skylands all while learning what it means to be a Skylander. All three seasons of the show are currently streaming on Netflix.

Although the series ended with its third season back in 2018, that doesn’t mean your kids can’t ring in the New Year with the animated cast. And the best part? You can throw it on at any time you’re ready to put them to bed — 9 p.m. is the new midnight, anyway. Plus, it’s much more family-friendly than Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper‘s drunken New Year’s Eve antics.

However, if Skylanders Academy isn’t doing it in your household, you can simply go on YouTube to watch the Larva Island countdown. It may say 2021 in the title, but you can ignore that little bit.

We are wishing you the best of luck (and hopefully a lot of champagne toasts).