New Year's Eve Celebrations Are Getting Popular  It used to be
that the only ball of lights that fell on New Year’s Eve was
located in New York City and the rest of the world was content
to watch Dick Clark count down the New Year with that ball of
light falling to the base of its tower. Well now everyone has a
ball of light dropping on New Year’s Eve and frankly it is
getting a little out of hand. My little hometown had a ball of
light hanging from a 30 foot tall crane last year and that was
when I knew things were out of control. For many years New
Year's Eve celebrations were ruled by Dick Clark and New Year’s
Rockin’ Eve. We would all gather around the television and watch
as the popular musical acts of the day would sing their current
hits and then the countdown would begin. When it got to around
20 seconds left in the year the huge ball of light in the middle
of Times Square would start to fall. When the ball reached the
base of its tower it would light up and the new year would be
displayed across it i