They do indeed.
Last year, my father was going to kill me (not literally) because I said I wanted to spend new year at a shelter comforting dogs affected by the fireworks noise.
It was a crazy idea, I know. It was going to be my first New Year i n Brazil. I was supposed to be with my relatives there (my mom, dad, and sisters are in Venezuela; my only brother in Perú), but still...
I may do it one of these days.