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"Now you would be out of New Year hangover"...

Drunk driving causes well more deaths than fireworks accidents. Not saying OP drove drunk on NYE, but what's wrong with a nice fireworks display on a major holiday? Comparatively speaking, the various pollution's (smoke, paper, sound) caused by fireworks displays around the world must be negligible compared to the risks of drunk driving, waste from paper / plastic products consumed at parties, etc... I'd be more upset at the needless helium use / waste in balloons (which is a real problem) than a means of celebration that's been used for hundreds of years.