The 20 Wackiest Objects Dropped on New Year’s Eve
The famous ball in Times Square isn't the only object dropped on New Year's Eve. Check out this list of crazy things dropped by other cities to ring in the new year!
Each year at the stroke of midnight, New York City has its famous ball drop in Times Square to ring in the New Year. But it’s not the only object that gets dropped at the stroke of midnight. Other cities such as Chicago and Fort Lauderdale have followed suit with their own ball drops, but some locations decided to get a little more creative and come up with their own versions of this grand tradition. Check out this list!
The 20 Wackiest Objects Dropped on New Year’s Eve
1.Bologna (Lebanon, PA) – Nothing wasted!
2. Big Cheese (Plymouth, WI)
3. Pickle (Mount Olive, NC and Dillsburg, PA)
4. Gumbo Pot (New Orleans, LA)
5. Steamroller (Steelton, PA)
6. Giant Peep (Bethlehem, PA)
7. Walleye Fish (Port Clinton, OH)
8. Wrench (Mechanicsburg, PA)
9. Sardine (Eastport, ME)
10. Cigar (Richland, PA)
11. Frog (Frogtown, PA)
12. Wooden Duck (Havre de Grace, MD)
13. Acorn (Raleigh, NC)
14. Giant Crab (Easton, MD)
15. Indy Car (Carlisle, PA)
16. Pear (Fredericksburg, VA)
17. Hog made of lights (Fayetteville, AR) – Main image by Jamie Seed.
18. Conch Shell (Key West, FL)
19. Olive (Bartlesville, OK)
20. Opossum (Brasstown, NC) – (No animals injured!)
Do you know of, or have you seen, any other “drops” on New Year’s Eve? Tell us in the comments below!
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Hackettstown NJ just started dropping a large red M&M since we’re one of two headquarters in the country for the candy!
That sounds tasty! Love it! Thank you for sharing.
Water Valley, Mississippi drops a Crappie (location of the largest crappie fished in the world)
The Possum Drop in Tallapoosa, Georgia is one of the largest NYE Drops in the Southeast. No Live Animals are used, it is a Stuffed Possum.
Attendance for NYE 2023 exceeded 15k people in the small West GA town with a population of less than 3500. The event features Live Music, Fireworks Display, Carnival Rides, Food Vendors and Much More. Visit their website for details: http://www.thepossumdrop.com
Folly Beach, SC had the Flip Flop Drop.
Krumpe’s Donut in Hagerstown, MD
On Folly Beach, SC we do a flop drop!
I just posted that. Lol
Giant sugar beet in Rupert, ID
Beer keg – Greensboro, NC
In Moultrie, Georgia they throw a head of cabbage from the top of the courthouse to the ground below. Moultrie is the Cabbage Capital of Georgia.
What Bob said, the Giant Moon Pie in my hometown of Mobile, Alabama !