lowered twice, once at 10:00 pm to coincide with the times square celebration and once at midnight. hmm. twice must be the charm, i guess. in prescott arizona, they ll be hosting the fourth annual whiskey rope boot drop six-foot spurred cowboy boot will be lowered from the palace building flag pole accompanied by fireworks. they really know how to kick it up in arizona. and in the tarheel state, they dropped a live possum for the last 20 years. i m not making this up. due to animal rights challenges the town will be using road kill possum or a pot of possum stew. yes, you did hear all of that correctly, i promise. but we promise no animals were harmed in the making of this day ly spite.