It’s NY Times fault a ball drops on New Year’s Eve

I found this NPR article posted today about how the tradition of dropping a ball on New Year’s Eve got started.

New Yorkers have celebrated New Year’s in Times Square — the bustling intersection of Seventh Avenue, 42nd Street, and Broadway in Midtown Manhattan — since it got its name in 1904.

It’s an interesting read about how the tradition changed throughout the years and that it got started because of a ban on fireworks.

Why do we drop a ball on New Year’s Eve? The Times Square tradition, explained - NPR