Each year at the stroke of midnight, New York City drops its famous ball in Times Square to ring in the New Year. Other cities such as Chicago and Fort Lauderdale have followed suit with their own ball drops. But other cities decided to get a little more creative and come up with their own versions of this grand tradition. Check out this list of New Year’s Eve’s most unique “drops!”
- Bologna (Lebanon, PA)
- Big Cheese (Plymouth, WI)
- Pickle (Mount Olive, NC)
- Opossum (Tallapoosa, GA)
- Gumbo Pot (New Orleans, LA)
- Steamroller (Steelton, PA)
- Giant Peep (Bethlehem, PA)
- Walleye Fish (Port Clinton, OH)
- Wrench (Mechanicsburg, PA)
- Sardine (Eastport, ME)
- Cigar (Richland, PA)
- Frog (Frogtown, PA)
- Wooden Duck (Havre de Grace, MD)
- Acorn (Raleigh, NC)
- Giant Crab (Easton, MD)
- Indy Car (Carlisle, PA)
- Pear (Fredericksburg, VA)
- Hog (Fayetteville, AR)
- Conch Shell (Key West, FL)
- Olive (Bartlesville, OK)
If you notice a hole in the upper left-hand corner of your Farmers' Almanac, don't return it to the store! That hole isn't a defect; it's a part of history. Starting with the first edition of the Farmers' Almanac in 1818, readers used to nail holes into the corners to hang it up in their homes, barns, and outhouses (to provide both reading material and toilet paper). In 1910, the Almanac's publishers began pre-drilling holes in the corners to make it even easier for readers to keep all of that invaluable information (and paper) handy.
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You forgot to mention:
1. Moonpie in Mobile Alabama &
2. Pelican (17ft wingspan made of Crystal) in Pensacola, Florida…its quite a sight!
The Possum Drop is still done in Tallapoosa GA and is NOT done with a live possum. The one you refer to possibly is the one that was done in Brasstown, NC which appears to have been with a live animal.
The Possum Drop is no longer done. PETA made such jerks of themselves that the event had to be cancelled. Never mind that the possum was live-trapped, treated humanely, and released back into the wild after the event. Pardon me diatribing a little here, but as a Neopagan, I’m required by my religion to have respect for all life. However, PETA has given the animal rights movement such a bad reputation, such an image of insanity, that it’s hard to speak out for animal rights without being regarded as a nutjob.
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