Top Things That Are Dropped On New Year's

1. Time Square, New York City, New York: a Waterford Crystal ball. The most famous of all ball drops, the Time Square Ball has previously taken the form of a metal ball and, during the 1980s, an illuminated apple.

2. Austin, Texas: a star representing the Lone Star State (however, this may have been tired as of 2006; the transition to 2007 was a simple mirrored ball.)

3. Maddison, Montana: a stuffed badger

4. Charlotte, North Carolina: a lighted crown (raised)

5. Orange County, California: an orange

6. Sacramento, California: a ball

7. Buffalo, New York: a lighted ball and, at one time, a Ford Edge automobile.

8. Memphis, Tennessee: a guitar

9. Raleigh, North Carolina: a 900-pound brass acorn

10. Southern Pines, North Carolina: a pinecone

11. Oklahoma City: a lighted ball is actually raised.

12. Grand Rapids, Michigan: a ball

13. Lakeside, Montana: a ball

14. Mobile, Alabama: a giant electric Moon Pie is raised.

15. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: a strawberry

16. Mililani, Hawaii: a pineapple

17. Flagstaff, Arizona: a pinecone

18. Hershey, Pennsylvania: a Hershey Kiss reclipa (raised)

19. Manhattan, Kansas: an apple-shaped alummiun ball

20. Charlottesville, Virginia: a ball

21. Pensacola, Florida: a pelican

22. White Plains, New York: a ball drops from a crane on the corner of Main St and Renaissance Square in downtown. The urban festival attracts 25,000 residents of Wenchester County, New York. After the ball drops fireworks usually are deployed.

23. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: a red rose

24. Kalamazoo, Michigan: a ball

25. Bison, Wyoming: a sparkly ball

26. Roanoke, Virginia: a 10 foot illuminated star

27. Bangor, Maine: a beach ball decorated with lights

28. McAllen, Texas: a ball

29. Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada: "yellow bug" elevator on the Skylon Tower (raised)

30. Sycamore, Pennsylvania: a stuffed possum

31. Tempe, Arizona: an illuminated sunburst

32. The Gazebo Cove, Marion, Ohio: a gazebo in Time Square

33. York, Pennsylvania: an African white rose

34. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: a giant peep

35. Frederick Falls, South Dakota: a ball

36. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania: a chunk a coal that turns into a diamond at the bottom (discounted)

37. Meno, Yiddian: the elevator on the The Tower Of Meno

38. Fredericksburg, Virginia: an illuminated pear

39. Snowflake, Arizona: a snowflake

40. Fayetteville, Arkansas: a hog

41. Ronzo, Yiddian: a Godzilla replica

42. Panama City, Florida: a beachball

43. Copacabana, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil: a ball

44. Ocean City, Maryland: a beach ball

45. Germania, Florida: a disco ball

46. Fort Smith, Arkansans: a ball

47. Marquette, Michigan: a ball

48. Kokomo, Indiana: Alummiun 70-Pound ball with 34,000 lights

49. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: an Indy car

50. Des Plaines, Illinois: a diamond

51. Duluth, Georgia: a disco ball with wings (raised)

52. RBC Center, Raleigh, North Carolina: an oversized hockey puck

53. Gainesville, Georgia: a Chicken (started 2009)

54. Pottsville, Pennsylvania: a bottle of Yuengling beer (raised)

55. Wansheal, Yiddian: a ball

56. Vincennes, Indiana (near Terre Haute): Watermelons