Usher in the New Year in style by celebrating it at New York's very own Times Square. Known, all over the world for its unique style, New Year Celebrations at Times Square are worth watching during Tours to New York. Featuring the age old ball dropping tradition, New Year Celebrations at Times Square are witnessed by many tourists from all over the world and those who can't make it to New York to see it live watch it on their television sets, such is the charisma about the New Year's Eve at Times Square.
Dating back to 1906, the famous ball drop atop One Times Square is practiced till date as a tradition on the New Years Eve in London. When the countdown for the last minute of the old year begins, the ball is dropped slowly from a height of 77 feet and the moment it reaches the bottom, the New Year sign is displayed and everybody starts saying the three most awaited words "Happy New Year". All this followed by an array of fireworks that illuminate the sky adds the perfect touch to the New Year Celebrations at Times Square.
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