Leis, Elvis Presley tunes, and ambrosia for dessert- it was a Hawaiian luau celebration for an early New Year's party, hosted by the Council on Aging.

With New Year's-themed decorations and centerpieces of palm trees with monkeys, the luau brought the tropics to Wareham on a chilly Friday morning.

Nutrition director Cheryl Johannessen said the event coincided with the lunch hosted regularly by the council.

"I went with the menu that was already there: beef lo mein with assorted Chinese vegetable mix, and fortune cookies, ambrosia and orange sherbet for dessert," Johannessen.

She said there'd be a lot of noise during noontime, and she was right.

"We're gonna pretend that noontime is midnight. We're gonna have the countdown to New Year's."

Watch the video below to catch a glimpse of the celebration.