List of objects dropped on New Year's Eve

Contents 1 List of drops by time zone 1.1 Australian Eastern Time Zone 1.2 UTC-3 1.3 Eastern Time Zone 1.3.1 Canada 1.3.2 Florida 1.3.3 Georgia 1.3.4 Indiana 1.3.5 Maine 1.3.6 Maryland 1.3.7 Michigan 1.3.8 New Jersey 1.3.9 New York 1.3.10 North Carolina 1.3.11 Ohio 1.3.12 Pennsylvania 1.3.13 Tennessee 1.3.14 Virginia 1.4 Central Time Zone 1.4.1 Alabama 1.4.2 Arkansas 1.4.3 Florida 1.4.4 Illinois 1.4.5 Kansas 1.4.6 Louisiana 1.4.7 Oklahoma 1.4.8 Texas 1.4.9 Wisconsin 1.5 Mountain Time Zone 1.5.1 Arizona 1.6 Pacific Time Zone 1.6.1 Washington 1.6.2 California 2 See also 3 References

On New Year's Eve in the United States it has become tradition to drop a time ball to commemorate the New Year.

Many cities and towns in the United States drop objects on New Year's Eve. The most famous of these is the Times Square Ball dropped each December 31 in Times Square; in fact, most of these are imitators of the Times Square Ball. Although some of the objects may seem peculiar, practically all relate to some aspect of local history, geography, or culture.

A ball drop is not the only common New Year's Eve celebration; in several cities, such as Las Vegas, Nevada and Toronto, Ontario, fireworks are launched instead, and the First Night organization also holds celebrations across the country, some of which have ball drops.

List of drops by time zone

Australian Eastern Time Zone

• Sydney Harbour, NSW, Australia - a ball, among many other celebrations

UTC-3

• Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - a ball

Eastern Time Zone

Canada

• Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada - "yellow bug" elevator on the Skylon Tower (raised)

Florida

• Brooksville, Florida - a tangerine [1]
• Key West, Florida - a conch shell [2]
• Miami, Florida - an orange
• Orlando, Florida - an orange

Georgia

• Atlanta, Georgia - an 8' tall and 8' wide, over 800-pound peach ^[1]. The Peach Drop is the largest event of its type in the southeastern United States, and one of the largest in the country.
• Tallapoosa, Georgia - an opossum [3]
• McDonough, Georgia - Nugget Drop at Truett's Grill
• Ty Ty, Georgia - a Peanut
• Gainesville, Georgia - a Chicken (started 2009)^[2]

Indiana

• Kokomo, Indiana - Aluminum 70-Pound Ball with 34,000 lights [4]
• Vincennes, Indiana (near Terre Haute) - Watermelons [5][6]

Maine

• Bangor, Maine - a beach ball decorated with lights [7]
• Eastport, Maine - a sardine [8][9]
• Winterport, Maine - Nana Del's Peanut Butter Cookies

Maryland

• Baltimore, Maryland - a disco ball
• Easton, Maryland - a crab [10]
• Havre de Grace, Maryland - a wooden duck
• Ocean City, Maryland - a beach ball [11]

Michigan

• Grand Rapids, Michigan - a ball [12]
• Marquette, Michigan - a ball

New Jersey

• Point Pleasant, New Jersey - "The Millennium Mossbunker," a mossbunker fish [13] (only for 2000)

New York

• Buffalo, New York - a lighted ball and, at one time, a Ford Edge automobile [14]. The Buffalo Ball Drop (formerly the 97 Rock Ball Drop), as it is officially named, is advertised to be the third-largest in the country, with 40,000 in attendance annually.[15]
• New York City (Times Square) - 11,875 pounds (5,386 kg) Waterford Crystal ball. The most famous of all ball drops, the Times Square Ball has previously taken the form of a metal ball and, during the 1980s, an illuminated apple.^[3] The ball as of 2009 becomes a permament fixture year round atop One Times Square.
• New York City (rotating locations, Greenwich Village in 2009) - a lighted ukulele ^[4]
• White Plains, New York - a ball drops from a crane on the corner of Main St and Renaissance Square in downtown. The urban festival attracts 25,000 residents of Westchester County, New York. After the ball drops fireworks usually are deployed.^{[citation needed]}

North Carolina

• Brasstown, North Carolina - a live opossum in a cage [16]
• Black Creek, North Carolina - a large red heart
• Mount Olive, North Carolina - a pickle [17]
• Raleigh, North Carolina - a 900-pound brass acorn [18]
• RBC Center, Raleigh, North Carolina - an oversized hockey puck [19]

Ohio

• Elmore, Ohio - a sausage [20]
• Port Clinton, Ohio - a walleye fish, named "Captain Wylie Walleye" [21]

Pennsylvania

• Akron, Pennsylvania - a purple-and-gold shoe ^[5][22]
• Beavertown, Pennsylvania - a beaver^[6]
• Bethlehem, Pennsylvania - a giant Peep [23]
• Blain, Pennsylvania - a cow made of wood, dropped from a silo ^[7]
• Bradford, Pennsylvania - a ball ^[8]
• Carlisle, Pennsylvania - an Indy car ^[9]
• Cleona, Pennsylvania - a pretzel (raised)^[10]
• Dillsburg, Pennsylvania a pickle ^[9]
• Duncannon, Pennsylvania - a sled ^[9]
• Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania - a giant M&M ^[5]
• Falmouth, Pennsylvania - a stuffed goat ^[7]
• Frogtown, Pennsylvania - a frog ^[7]
• Gratz, Pennsylvania - a wildcat ^[7]
• Halifax,Pennsylvania - a Hemlock tree^[11]
• Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - a strawberry ^[12]
• Hershey, Pennsylvania - a Hershey Kiss replica (raised) ^[13]
• Hummelstown, Pennsylvania - a lollipop ^[14]
• Ickesburg, Pennsylvania - a french fry ^[15]
• Lancaster, Pennsylvania - a red rose (raised) ^[14]
• Lebanon, Pennsylvania - a large Lebanon bologna stick ^[14]
• Lititz, Pennsylvania - a Moravian star (raised) ^[5]
• Liverpool, Pennsylvania - a canal boat ^[16]
• Lewistown, Pennsylvania - a bag of Hartley's potato chips ^[6]
• Manheim, Pennsylvania - a ball (raised) ^[5]
• Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - a wrench ^[9]
• Middletown, Pennsylvania - a SPHOCTAGON; i.e., a metal ball with blunted sides in the shape of a three-dimensional octagon ^[17]
• New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania - a huckleberry ^[7]
• New Oxford, Pennsylvania - an antique trunk ^[7]
• Newport, Pennsylvania - a plywood hard hat
• Newville, Pennsylvania - a big spring ^[9]
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania- a ball which looked like the planet earth, made of recycled materials (raised) ^[14]
• Port Royal, Pennsylvania - a sprint car^[6]
• Pottsville, Pennsylvania - a bottle of Yuengling beer (raised) ^[14]
• Red Lion, Pennsylvania - a wooden cigar held by a lion (raised) ^[14]
• Richland, Pennsylvania - a cigar
• Seven Valleys, Pennsylvania - a broasted chicken
• Shippensburg, Pennsylvania - an anchor ^[9]
• Steelton, Pennsylvania - a steamroller
• Strasburg, Pennsylvania - ping pong balls ^[5]
• Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - a chunk of coal that turns into a diamond at the bottom (discontinued)
• York, Pennsylvania - a white african rose

Tennessee

• Gatlinburg, Tennessee - a ball [24]

Virginia

• Charlottesville, Virginia - a ball [25]
• Fredericksburg, Virginia - an illuminated pear [26]

Central Time Zone

Alabama

• Mobile, Alabama - a giant electric Moon Pie (raised)[27]

Arkansas

• Fayetteville, Arkansas - a hog [28]

Florida

• Panama City, Florida - a beach ball [29]
• Pensacola, Florida - a pelican [30]

Illinois

• Des Plaines, Illinois - a diamond [31]

Kansas

• Manhattan, Kansas - an apple-shaped aluminum ball [32]

Louisiana

• New Orleans, Louisiana - A Gumbo Pot

Oklahoma

• Bartlesville, Oklahoma - an olive [33]
• Oklahoma City - a lighted ball is actually raised.

Texas

• Austin, Texas- a Star representing the Lone Star State (however, this may have been retired as of 2006; the transition to 2007 was a simple mirrored ball.) [34]
• Houston, Texas- a Star
• San Antonio, Texas- a ball

Wisconsin

• Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin - a carp
• Plymouth, Wisconsin - a big cheese

Mountain Time Zone

Arizona

• Flagstaff, Arizona - a pine cone [35]
• Tempe, Arizona - an illuminated sunburst

Pacific Time Zone

Washington

• Seattle, Washington - the elevator of the Space Needle is raised, followed by a fireworks display from the landmark.

California

• Orange County, California - an orange
• Sacramento, California - a ball [36]

See also

• List of Christmas parades

References

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