Everyone knows of the tradition at Times Square in New York where the big crystal ball is dropped at midnight (11pm our time). It’s televised and exciting, and OOOH SHIIIIINY!!!

But pshhh, why get all excited about 11,875 lbs of Waterford Crystal. LAME. (uh, Kristin? Pshhh? Lame? The 90s called and said YOU’RE lame…)

These towns have some different (albeit slightly strange) things THEY drop counting down the minutes until a new year.

Bangor, Maine will drop a beach ball decorated with lights

Baltimore Maryland will drop a disco ball.

Duluth, Georgia – a disco ball called the Soaring Spirit Ball is raised

Terre Haute, Indiana will drop watermelons

Atlanta will drop an 800-pound peach.

Port Clinton, Ohio is dropping a walleye fish.

Mount Olive, NC will drop a pickle

Hershey Pennsylvania will drop a Hershey’s Kiss.

Tallapoosa, Georgia will drop an opossum

Kokomo, Indiana – an aluminum 70-Pound Ball with 34,000 lights is dropped

Vincennes, Indiana – watermelons are dropped

Havre de Grace, Maryland – a wooden duck is dropped

Black Creek, North Carolina – a large red heart represents “A Small Town with a Big Heart”.

Brasstown, North Carolina – The Possum Drop. A plexiglass pyramid containing a living opossum is lowered from the roof of Clay Logan’s convenience store. The possum is turned loose at the end of the celebration.

Elmore, Ohio – a sausage will be dropped

Cincinnati, Ohio – a flying pig is “flown” – not dropped, confirming there is at least one occasion “when pigs fly”.

Akron, Pennsylvania – A purple-and-gold shoe is dropped

Beavertown, Pennsylvania – a beaver is dropped

Cleona, Pennsylvania – A pretzel is raised

Frogtown, Pennsylvania – A frog is dropped

Hummelstown, Pennsylvania – A lollipop is dropped

Ickesburg, Pennsylvania – A french fry is dropped

Mobile, Alabama – A giant electric Moon Pie is raised

Flagstaff, Arizona – A pine cone is dropped from the balcony of Weatherford hotel.

Key West, Florida – A large ruby slipper, with drag queen Gary “Sushi” Marion inside is dropped

Easton, Maryland – A crab is dropped

Ocean City, Maryland – A beach ball is dropped

Eastover, North Carolina – A three-foot tall, thirty-pound wooden flea is dropped

Dillsburg, Pennsylvania – Two pickles are dropped

Lebanon, Pennsylvania – A 100-pound stick of Lebanon Bologna is dropped

Richland, Pennsylvania – A cigar is dropped

Bartlesville, Oklahoma – An olive is dropped

If Peoria dropped something representative of the town, what would it be?