of scaled back celebrations because of covid. many parts of the world have already ushered in 2023 with dazzling celebrations. just seconds from now, the clock will strike midnight in paris, the city of lights, especially tonight. let s go live to paris right now. now let s go to times square. how is the crowd looking there, gloria? reporter: pamela, it s so exciting. six hours to go. the big crystal ball is being put up right now. i just want to direct our viewers attention right to the top of one times square. that is where the big crystal ball is coming up. you can see it on the screen. 11,000 pounds of waterford crystal. this tradition goes all the way back to 1907. that is when the first crystal ball went down to mark the beginning of the new year. people here are excited. they have been waiting for hours. six more hours to go. i want to show you some of the crowd here. people have been lining up, bundled up. they re excited. this is a really big moment. we re get
wearing t ing hats. you re talking about your potential new year s resolutions and whether or not you can keep them. what we generally see is most people, in fact, either don t make one or can t keep it. only about 19% of americans are actually able to keep a new year s resolution. the vast majority, 81% don t make one or they can t keep it. last year, for example, i had a number of different new year s resolutions. i think i kept some of them. others of them i didn t keep. the one i did keep was petting more dogs. that s a good one. it keeps my energy up. it keeps me happy. i was able to pet more dogs, including a little toy poodle in westchester named bakan.