I heard the fireworks last night and prior to the fireworks they had an airshow and I was out walking my dog (live 2 miles from small airport where fireworks were as well) and watched the old planes in formation it was pretty cool. I was invited to watch the fireworks with neighbors but they would have been drinking a lot and I just didn't feel like sitting outside in nearly 100 deg temp (yes even at 9 pm) and get bitten by mosquitos. So just hearing the fireworks and sitting at home with a piece of chocolate cake was good for me!
A/C is my friend too!