Yes happy new year, and as for noise I don't hear any noise for New Years, not even at midnight on December 31. But I live in the "country"... then too our dog is deaf so noise has to be loud enough to shake the house to bother him... we get occasional thunder in that category.
Hello Pamela. Yeas ago there weren't any fireworks on New Year's Eve, but times have certainly changed. We live i a seaside tourist area, so there are always big firework displays on New Year's Eve, but thankfully that's it until the town hosts the World Fireworks Competition in September. We are really lucky though, because our two dogs don't seem to mind the whoops and bangs ... and one of our rescues even sits quite happily watching them. :) Tony