More New Year’s Trivia Because It’s Almost That Time

Posted on by Emily Rokke
Category: Fun Facts,Odd Holidays,Strange History,Weird Activities,Weird Trends,Weird Words
  • You do know New Year's celebrations are within the next couple of days, right?

Here’s more New Year’s trivia in case you run out of things to talk about over the rest of the holidays. Do you have plans for New Years yet?

  • The first time the ball was dropped was in 1833. 
  • Do you know these New Year’s trivia facts? Maybe you can share some with a friend during the holiday. 
  • The New York Times sponsored the first-ever Times Square New Year’s Eve party. Does this New Year’s trivia fact surprise you?
  • The ball didn’t drop in the years 1924 and 1943.
  • Waterford crystals make up the triangles on the Times Square ball. 
  • The first ball dropped in Times Square in 1907.
  • The address of the Waterford Crystal Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball is One Times Square.
  •  the first Tournament of Roses parade was in 1890.
  • Baby New Year was inspired by celebrations of the Greek God, Dionysus. 
  • Many traditions of New Year’s and Christmas are traced back to the Pagan holiday Saturnalia. 
  • The Times Square ball weighs 11,875 pounds. What a heavy New Year’s trivia fact. 
  • Robbery Burns is credited with writing the poem Auld Lang Syne.
  • Waterford Crystal was added to the Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball and debuted in 1999.
  • The metal that replaced the iron in the Times Square New Year’s Eve ball was aluminum.
  • 1995 was the first year that computer controls were introduced to the Times Square New Year’s Eve ball. This is a big technology New Year’s trivia fact.
  • The sparkling Waterford Crystal Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball weighs about six tons or 12,000 pounds.
  • According to the International Date Line, The Kiritimati Atoll in Kiribati is the first place on Earth to celebrate the first of the year.
  • LED lights made their first appearance on the Times Square New Year’s Eve ball in 2007.
  • There are 672 light modules in the Times Square New Year’s Eve ball.
  • There are 2,688 triangles total on the Times Square ball. 
  • There are a whopping 32,256 total LED lights on the Times Square ball.Did you know this New Year’s trivia? Let me know in the comments if I missed anything fun!