Most Filipinos also follow a traditional belief that if the family spends at least the approach of midnight together, then it will stay together for the entire year. Awake small children right before midnight. If you're out, make sure you return home before midnight. After the countdown and a short time of gathering with the family, you can leave again. Light firecrackers at midnight.
Some families dance and sing to bring in the new year.
Serve sweet rice and ginger tea after the countdown. On New Year's Day, roast a pig over hot coals and serve with any number of Filipino dishes such as pansit, lumpia and adobo. Inc. How things get done. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of the eHow Terms of Use and Privacy .