>> Dan Barry, The New York Times Published: 31 Dec 2020 01:19 PM BdST Updated: 31 Dec 2020 01:19 PM BdST A display of 2021 glasses are seen through the window of a store in Times Square in New York, Dec 30, 2020. This New Year’s Eve, just a few hundred will gather in Times Square — dozens of frontline workers among them — and only then by special invitation. Sarah Blesener/The New York Times Last New Year’s Eve, an undulating sea flooded Midtown Manhattan, rippling through the streets and establishments to lap against the peacocking George M Cohan statue in Times Square. A million people strong, all kissing and cheering in the warm glow of 2020’s promise.