NEW YORK — Netflix claims most parents fool their kids (or try to, anyway) into believing that midnight happens earlier than it actually does on New Year’s. Netflix helps them by offering a streaming three-minute countdown led by characters from kid’s show.

Netflix offered the programming last year with King Julien, a wacky critter from “Madagascar.”

It’s expanding the service this year with a list of kid characters:

• Time traveling talk show hosts “Mr. Peabody & Sherman,” with the robots of “Dinotrux”
• Oona and Baba, the cuddly denizens of “Puffin Rock”
• The ultracool tween girl stars of “Project Mc2”
• The telescoping cyborg “Inspector Gadget”
• The pastel-colored “Care Bears & Cousins”

Parents can set the countdown for any time they want. Happy New Year!

Source: CNN Money