New York Invented New Year's Eve
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What would midnight at Dec. 31 be without a garish ball of light descending to Times Square?
(Note: I was once at a party, in New York City, no less, where a girl inquired, "You guys, what time does the ball drop?")
I'm surprised NYC cheerleader (and I mean that in a good way) Anil Dash didn't have more to say about our most recent holiday.
Though I had totally missed the hat color significance.
Personally, the ball drop means nothing to me. I've only watched it twice, this year and in 1988. In '88 it was the Coca-Cola 2004, this year 2004 was brought to us by Discover Card. Also, much as most places in the US don't exist in the minds of people in LA and NYC, LA and NYC don't exist to me : ).
People have celebrated the New Year (and certainly the eve) for a very long time, whether it be on the Gregorian or another calendar system.
Heh, someone explained the hat color to me after I complained about those "horrid, ugly things."
Posted by: O'dell on January 2, 2004 7:32 PM | permalinkWhy no more talk from you about new years, resolutions, etc? Need some introspection on the blog.
Posted by: on January 5, 2004 3:21 PM | permalink"When does the ball drop?"
I laugh out loud every time I reminisce about that night!
That ranks up there with a time a group of us were watching a television show and one of the girls said "I missed that, can we rewind that?"
Posted by: Daffy on January 5, 2004 4:10 PM | permalinkI don't believe in New Years resolutions, for two reasons:
* If you think they're worth doing, why wait until Jan. 1?
* I think resolutions, made simply because a year has started, are more likely to be abandoned.
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