Many of these events are patterned on festivities that have been held at New York City's Times Square since 1908, where a large crystal ball is lowered down a pole atop One Times Square (beginning its descent at 11:59:00 p.m. On New Year's Eve, many localities in the United States and elsewhere mark the beginning of a new year through the raising or lowering of an object. JSTOR ( January 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: 'List of objects dropped on New Year's Eve' – news Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.
