What goes up...

It's that time of the year... well, the end of the year.  New Year's Eve tonight and the local TV stations are running the same public service announcements: do not fire guns into the air to celebrate the New Year.

Every year that we've been here, someone has been injured by "celebratory gunfire."  Usually, not be shot AT, but being in the wrong place at the wrong time when someone fires a gun into the air.

Fireworks are part of the culture here, and New Years is close to the Fourth of July on their sales.  Local fireworks stands are open.  Fireworks are banned in our village, but that doesn't stop their use.  Firing a gun into the air is, likewise, illegal, not to mention incredibly stupid.

But, you can be sure that it is going to happen.

We will spend a quiet evening around the house.  Maybe stay up long enough to see the ball drop in Times Square.  And, won't be firing any guns into the air.