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• New Years Eve is the celebration that ushers in the New Year. People all over the world gather together at parties to countdown the final minutes of the old year together. To learn more about the traditions associated with New Years Eve, check out the links on this page.

• Fast Facts

  1. New Years Eve is celebrated on December 31
  2. In 2008, New Years Eve falls on a Wednesday
  3. Ever year thousands of people gather in New York's Times Square to ring in the New Year together
  4. The Times Square tradition in New York began in 1907University of Kansas: New Year's Eve
  5. Many cities drop a ball when counting down the New Year
  6. Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin Eve has been on the air since 1972ABC: New Year's Rockin Eve
  7. Australia is one of the first countries to welcome in the New YearCNN: World's Best New Year's Eve Parties

• New Year's Worldwide

  In a recent article, CNN named several New Year's Eve hotspots which included Bangkok, Berlin and Hong Kong to name a few. While every country's traditions are influenced by the regional customs and flavor, fireworks and timed dropping balls appear in nearly every country's New Year's Eve festivities.CNN: World's Best New Year's Eve Parties

• Reuter's Top 10 Quirky New Year's Eve Drops

  It's a common practice in many towns to drop some kind of sign while counting down the final seconds of the old year. Here is a list of some of the strangest things dropped:

  1. Keywest, Florida—Conch shell
  2. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania—Marshmallow peep
  3. Port Clinton, Ohio—Walleye fish
  4. Mount Olive, North Carolina—30 foot pickle
  5. Elmore, Ohio—18 foot sausage
  6. Lebanon, Pennsylvania—7 foot bologna
  7. New Orleans, Louisiana—Gumbo pot
  8. Easton, Maryland—Crab
  9. Plymouth, Wisconsin—Cheese
  10. Raleigh, North Carolina—Acorn

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