Each year people from around the globe write their wishes for the New Year on pieces of official Times Square New Year’s Eve confetti. Whether it’s a personal goal, a dream for the future or doing something for the very first time, these wishes will be posted on the New Year’s Eve Wishing Wall located in the Times Square Museum & Visitor Center (7th Ave between 46th & 47th Streets, open 7 Days a Week, 8am-8pm). The wishes are collected at the end of the year, and added to the one ton of confetti that flutters down at midnight onto the crowd gathered in Times Square in celebration of the New Year. (Text and picture via Times Square official website)
Along with the confetti fluttering down onto the crowd, revelers also watch the New Year's Ball Drop in Times Square. which is perhaps the most famous way to usher in the New Year in the world, and a memorable way to celebrate New Year's Eve in New York City. People have been celebrating New Year's Eve in Times Square since 1904, but the first Ball Drop didn't happen until 1907. Since 1907, the ball has been dropped from One Times Square every year, except in 1942 and 1943 due to wartime restrictions on lighting in New York City. Read about the history of the Ball Drop in Times Square HERE and HERE. There have been several different balls dropped from One Times Square during these many years, but a new ball was introduced in 2008, and it's a 12 foot geodesic sphere, double the size of previous Balls, and weighs 11,875 pounds. The new ball is a year-round Times Square attraction. As the ball drops from One Times Square beginning at 11:59 p.m. on New Year's Eve, there are normally more than one million people in Times Square, not to mention the millions watching the ball drop on nationwide and even more people watching from around the world. Once the ball drops, 1 ton of confetti will be released over Times Square. It is free and there are no tickets to attend the New Year's Eve Ball Drop in Times Square. Source: About.com New York City Travel
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