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Why Do We Drop a Ball on New Year s Eve?
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Published 31st December 2020
Written by Jacqui Palumbo, CNN
On the last day of each year, it has become a ritual for large crowds to gather in the brightly lit chaos of New York s Times Square to ring in new beginnings. At 11:59 p.m. a dazzling ball descends down a pole, while attendees and millions of people tuning in from home count down from 60. At the stroke of midnight, the crowd erupts into a cacophony of sound, often pulling their loved one in for a ceremonial kiss.
New Year s Eve has its own set of rituals: the ball drop, resolutions and sealing the new year with a kiss. Credit: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images
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For over 100 years, crowds have gathered to watch the ball drop in Times Square in New York City on New Year’s Eve as the clock strikes midnight.
The tradition began back in 1907 when the owner of the
New York Times, Alfred Ochs, decided to replace the typical fireworks display that had previously marked the festive occasion with a bigger spectacle. He contracted Jacob Starr, an electrician and metalworker, to construct a New Year’s Eve ball. Made of iron and wood and adorned with 100 25-watt light bulbs, the ball was 5 feet in diameter and weighed 700 pounds.