Early
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
Philippines
December 31, 2017 7:45pm CST
And since we wanted to witness the fireworks because it was starting at 11:30 PM, all of us at home opted to have the media noche early at 11:30.
My oldest brother, the 2nd sibling, went up ahead in his room since he was not feeling well (he has productive cough and slight fever) so my son took this picture of the 4 of us starting to eat the very first meal of 2018.
Do you take your media noche at the stroke of midnight?
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9 responses
@Letranknight2015 (51536)
• Philippines
1 Jan 18
Nope I didn't eat anything during the New Year, I was just saving it for break fast. But mom came back from church and bought some pasta along.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
1 Jan 18
hmm, so there was pasta and i think you took a bite, am i right?
@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
1 Jan 18
Happy new year Ate...
We always have our media noche a few minutes after 12 because my father and brother also light some fireworks and we watch our fireworks and those of the neighbors... I also take time to jump. Hihihi
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
1 Jan 18
ideally, the media noche should come at midnight. media is half, and noche is night, so half-night. hahaha!
happy new year neneng ku. i posted a private message here to you and i hope you read it.
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@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
1 Jan 18
@ridingbet yes, I read it and replied already Ate. =)
Hihihi half night.. I was so full last night that I was not able to sleep right away. LOL! But early in the morning when I woke up, I was already starving.. hihihi
I might feel hungry the whole year round... Aw Now I am craving for "tuyo" (dried fish)
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
2 Jan 18
Didn't have media noche this year. Stayed up to watch fireworks at the tv and then watched a televised Mass. Ate some grapes a little past 1 in the morning.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
6 Jan 18
@ridingbet it is changing and being updated.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
10 Jan 18
@allen0187 by updated, i wonder what those might be? maybe we can have square fruits instead of round ones? 
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
6 Jan 18
well, i think the tradition of media noche is beginning to wane
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@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
1 Jan 18
No we didn't. We were at the temple to pray at the stroke of midnight.
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@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
2 Jan 18
@ridingbet Was the best new year's eve for us. We were with the people who mattered.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
2 Jan 18
but it is nice you were with your family when the old year was gone and the new year began at midnight.
@LadyDuck (458730)
• Switzerland
2 Jan 18
@ridingbet The young people went out to celebrate, they do not fear the weather.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
6 Jan 18
@LadyDuck i read your latest discussion. again, my sincere condolences.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
2 Jan 18
knowing that snow was falling at midnight is like a picturesque scene of a white Christmas and new year, and it was quiet as well. probably, many stayed inside to enjoy the fireplace.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
2 Jan 18
my 4th sibling is also down with nasal stuffiness, but a nurse as he is, he self-manages it with liberal amount of fluid intake and keeping himself warm
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
6 Jan 18
@aureliah that is just a simple nasal congestion/stuffiness. even if we are not nurses, we can do some home remedies to manage that condition.
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@aureliah (24321)
• Kenya
2 Jan 18
@ridingbet If he is managing it himself thats great.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
1 Jan 18
i think lighting fireworks is inherent whenever there are festivities. and i remember a big and giant ball that goes down at the countdown of 2018. what state is this happening? i think it is in New York? please correct me if i am wrong.
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
6 Jan 18
yes, thank you. my kid brother and my 4th brother left this morning for an overnight sleep in a beach up north.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
6 Jan 18
oh i thought you know about this? i read from your profile that you are knowledgeable in some areas?
media noche is from a Spanish phrase which means mid of the night or midnight. it is eating in the midnight of December 31 and January 1.
in contrast to noche buena, this is taken in the midnight of December 24 and 25.
