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Facts About the History of New Year's Eve Celebration in Times Square

celticeagle @celticeagle (190127) • Boise, Idaho 27 Dec 22

About 4,000 years ago the Babylonians celebrated the New Year but it wasn't in the winter as it is now. It was celebrated in the spring. The annual ball drop in New York's Time square started in 1907. Then it was a 5-foot-wide...

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