Thrown from roof tops!
I have seen it listed at well over a ton (total weight) of confetti is dropped on New Year;s Eve on Times square.
At midnight in Times Square a ball is dropped on New Years Eve. The first ball drop in Times Square took place on December 31, 1907 and has been dropped annually except during 1942 and 1943.
The Crystal Ball breaks into pieces of glass and confetties come out of The Crystal Ball
The first New Years Eve ball was dropped in 1904 after they changed the name of the square to Times Square. When they celebrated that was the first new years eve where they dropped the ball adn the tradition started...perhaps The Times Building opened 12/31/1904, there was a party on the roof with fireworks, but no ball. The ball was first dropped in 1907. The ball was not dropped in 1942 or 1943 because of World War II dimouts of the lights. Instead chimes were rung.
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(2,000 years) times (1,000 years) = 2 million square yearsThat quantity has no physical significance.
It has varied over the years.
As the marriage rate has dropped, thus divorce has dropped, but breakups of those living together runs six times higher.
Confetti was actually first used in Paris in 1891. Someone was taking down the decorations after a party at a really big theatrical revue called "le Casino de Paris" They decided to cut up the decorations and drop them on the guests the next evening. No one had seen Confetti before and were enthralled to the point of giddiness. Within 4 Years Confetti was being made by machine and being sold all over the world.
Lady GAGA was at time square for new years.
They played "Imagine" in Times square on New Year's Eve for 5 years. It has been played since December 31, 2005.