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Show New Year's Eve Is 'Watch Night' In addition to secular celehra tions, many religious denomination! hold special services on New Year'! Eve from 9 or 10 until 12 midnight The Methodist Episcopal churct was the earliest to adopt this cus torn and they are called "watch-night "watch-night services." In 1947. St. George's Methodist church in Philadelphia held its 178th watch night service. The church was founded in 1769 and in 177C held what has been called the first Protestant church services in America. Many other churches are holding such watch night services today. |