Everyone knows of the tradition at Times Square in New York where the big crystal ball is dropped at midnight (11pm our time). It’s televised and exciting, and OOOH SHIIIIINY!!!
But pshhh, why get all excited about 11,875 lbs of Waterford Crystal. LAME. (uh, Kristin? Pshhh? Lame? The 90s called and said YOU’RE lame…)
These towns have some different (albeit slightly strange) things THEY drop counting down the minutes until a new year.
Bangor, Maine will drop a beach ball decorated with lights
Baltimore Maryland will drop a disco ball.
Duluth, Georgia – a disco ball called the Soaring Spirit Ball is raised
Terre Haute, Indiana will drop watermelons
Atlanta will drop an 800-pound peach.
Port Clinton, Ohio is dropping a walleye fish.
Mount Olive, NC will drop a pickle
Hershey Pennsylvania will drop a Hershey’s Kiss.
Tallapoosa, Georgia will drop an opossum
Kokomo, Indiana – an aluminum 70-Pound Ball with 34,000 lights is dropped
Vincennes, Indiana – watermelons are dropped
Havre de Grace, Maryland – a wooden duck is dropped
Black Creek, North Carolina – a large red heart represents “A Small Town with a Big Heart”.
Brasstown, North Carolina – The Possum Drop. A plexiglass pyramid containing a living opossum is lowered from the roof of Clay Logan’s convenience store. The possum is turned loose at the end of the celebration.
Elmore, Ohio – a sausage will be dropped
Cincinnati, Ohio – a flying pig is “flown” – not dropped, confirming there is at least one occasion “when pigs fly”.
Akron, Pennsylvania – A purple-and-gold shoe is dropped
Beavertown, Pennsylvania – a beaver is dropped
Cleona, Pennsylvania – A pretzel is raised
Frogtown, Pennsylvania – A frog is dropped
Hummelstown, Pennsylvania – A lollipop is dropped
Ickesburg, Pennsylvania – A french fry is dropped
Mobile, Alabama – A giant electric Moon Pie is raised
Flagstaff, Arizona – A pine cone is dropped from the balcony of Weatherford hotel.
Key West, Florida – A large ruby slipper, with drag queen Gary “Sushi” Marion inside is dropped
Easton, Maryland – A crab is dropped
Ocean City, Maryland – A beach ball is dropped
Eastover, North Carolina – A three-foot tall, thirty-pound wooden flea is dropped
Dillsburg, Pennsylvania – Two pickles are dropped
Lebanon, Pennsylvania – A 100-pound stick of Lebanon Bologna is dropped
Richland, Pennsylvania – A cigar is dropped
Bartlesville, Oklahoma – An olive is dropped
If Peoria dropped something representative of the town, what would it be?
