A Different New Year Welcome

We have a tradition that every year we would gather and celebrate new year at our province Cauayan, Isabela. But celebrating the coming of 2007 is different. Why? Because this year we held our celebration at Manila. Everything was different. The atmosphere, surroundings, and the flow of the new year program.



The fun started at 9:00 pm. Us, together with our cousins, went outside to light "piccolo". That is a safe "paputok" for children 5 and above. Without this our new year's eve celebration isn't complete. We attended a new year's eve mass. There were 9 of us who went to the church but unfortunately there were only 4 of us who finished the mass till the end.



We had a barbecue party and danced till the new year began. We lighted fireworks and watched others too. Now that is the most different thing that we did this New Year. When we were in the province only some lighted fireworks but now it was the opposite. Everywhere you look there are fireworks. Different colors, kinds and combinations.



When we finished the fireworks event we had our kris kringle. We do this at new year because it is the only time of the year that all of us see each other.




What a wonderful welcome to the year of the Fire Pig.