New York to Welcome 2012 With Waterford Crystal Ball

Every year as the clock nears midnight on December 31, the eyes of the world turn once more to the dazzling lights and bustling energy of Times Square in New York and the Waterford Crystal Ball. The world holds its breath and cheers as the clocks strike twelve.

This Year’s Times Square New Year's Eve celebration will feature a star-studded musical performances, balloons, pom-poms, confetti, a colorful pyrotechnic display and about a million of your closest friends.

As the famous New Year's Eve Waterford Crystal Ball descends from the flagpole atop One Times Square, an estimated one million people in Times Square, millions nationwide and over a billion watching throughout the world are united in bidding a collective farewell to the departing year, and expressing our joy and hope for the year ahead.