С Новым Годом! Happy New Years!

For new years I invited some friends from the community to celebrate in my apartment.  We ate, sang and danced as we rang in the new year.  We celebrated the new year in Moscow, Riga and I skyped with family and friends during the Detroit new year.  We ventured out into the city center to the monument of freedom.  Along the way there were so many fireworks it sounded like we were in a war zone.  It was very loud and very bright!  We arrived at the monument of freedom and were met by thousands of people on the streets celebrating.  There were fireworks, lights, music, and even kongming lanterns…it was an amazing site! (Video posted above)

It is customary to give gift on New Years and to decorate a New Years Tree.