It is extremely glad that I had the opportunity to celebrate New Year’s Day that Thai people in the past had done before. Because in the past many people in Thailand, which might include myself and New Year celebrations are different from the past. Today, we celebrate the New Year with parties and drinking alcoholic beverages, concert, and what is popular today is the fireworks and there are few people that will attend Temple prayer for the New Year countdown. In the past, people would clean their houses thoroughly to welcome the New Year and they give food alms to Buddhist monk and some people will go to the temple to listen to the sermons, lent: meditation. And they will have to pray for blessings from the elders and greeting friends and have the gifts and greeting cards to each other. But today New Year celebrations have changed slightly. New Year celebrations are similar to celebrate in the past, but what difference is there is more alcohol and people nowadays do not intimate like in the past. New Year's Day each year, I never celebrate anywhere, even with my family. My family doesn't celebrate New Year’s Day because New Year’s Day should be considered to merit. New Year's Day this year, I had a chance to make merit with friends. Think it's good because it gives me peace of mind and happiness that I had merit and gave it makes me feel good. Each year I made merit in the temple only on New Year's Day but this year it is special every year because I had chance alms to monks more than 400 monks. I think it is the best New Year celebration because it marks the beginning of a new year with a good and it affects me a great success.