Well, now I have experienced New Year’s in the Philippines. New Year's is a big holiday here and people stayed up all night making noise! I had to close all of my windows and put in earplugs to try to get some sleep! People did fireworks and karaoke all night in my neighborhood! It is not like in the States, where most of the noise is right around midnight and then people start wrapping things up and going to bed. It goes on all night here! New Year’s seems to be much more celebrated in the Philippines than it is in the US. Since it was a Saturday night, we waited until Sunday night to celebrate at the church. After the evening service, we had snacks and did fireworks on the church property. I really enjoyed watching the kids get so excited as they watched the fireworks!