Fireworks and newborn?

Tiffany
Can a newborn tolerate fireworks? By tolorate I mean can there little ears take the noise and what not? Or is it damaging? Ive read conflicting reports on it. I have a 3 week old and my fiance thinks it will OK to sit in the car and watch our towns display....but I don't know! He wanted me to call the doc and ask but I didn't want to for a silly question like that lol.