For Heavan's sake man. Is it Friday yet?
So here we go....
Baby New Year - New baby has been a symbol of the holiday since around 600 BC. Ancient Greece a baby represents a rebirth at start of the new year and was paraded around in a basket in celebration of the god of fertility. (Dionysys)
Time balls were invented to help sailors - ball atop England's Royal Observatory in Greenwich was dropped at 1pm every day starting around 1833 to help ship captains coordinate their navigation equipment.
2000 pounds of confetti are dropped in Times Square to ring in the new year
In Key West Florida, a drag queen descends in a shoe to ring in the new year. (and Mick has been there)
Hershey, PA drops a giant Kiss
(Shittsburgh drops a giant load...called the Hens)
Mericans drink around 360 million glass of sparking wine on New Year's
Ancient Babylonians celebrated New Year's in March with the arrival of spring
Pope Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian calendar in 1582 which starts the new year on Jan 1.
Antarctica hosts an annual new year's festival - called IceStock. It is held in the summer months when the population peaks at over 1200 peeps