If you're currently participating in the third Rift closed beta, Trion Worlds has a treat for you:

Thank you for your feedback and for your patience as our team keeps working to prepare Rift for future betas and release. We'd like to show our appreciation by extending the beta for another 4 hours! Servers will be open until Friday, 2 p.m. (PST) . Happy New Year!

Enjoy your extra playtime and then have fun celebrating on New Year's Eve!