Well as it happens the New Year's Day one has been cancelled, but there is one on Boxing Day organised by the North Sea Volunteer Lifeguards. Actually, that's a better day anyway as I do tend to party a bit on New Year's Eve.
Anyway, amazing video of winter swimming in Siberia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJlv9-Uy074
Compared to that, what's the problem?