Thousands of wishes will fly over Times Square during the New Year's Eve party
New York, United States.
Thousands of wishes written by hand on colored 'post-its' will become the confetti that will fly over Times Square after the traditional descent of the shiny sphere during the celebration of the new year on December 31 at night.
Well wishes
At a small table in the heart of Times Square, and surrounded by hundreds of twinkling screens, New Yorkers and tourists alike seize the opportunity to make their well wishes part of the world's most iconic farewell to the year.From the traditional 'health, money and love' to the most ironic and scathing messages related to the President of the United States, Donald Trump, such as the one inviting the American tycoon to 'build a wall around himself'.
All these papers, most of them brimming with optimism, and previously torn to shreds, will fly over in the first second of 2020 the nearly one million people who are expected to throng the streets of New York to start a new calendar.
In addition, it is also possible that the wishes become confetti without having to travel to New York. This is an option available on the so-called 'digital wall' of the official page that collects the events in Times Square.
Also in this central location, and exposed to the public for the obligatory photo, are part of the numbers '2020' that will be placed in the brilliant sphere of more than 5 tons and 6,200 LED triangular crystals that marks the beginning of the new anus.
It is mainly tourists who wait in a large queue considering the cold New York winter and who do not hesitate to take selfies, poses for Instagram and videos for Tik-Tok for no more than 10 seconds per shift to keep everything flowing .
The New Year's celebration in Manhattan, followed on television by millions of people in the United States and around a billion in the rest of the world, began at the turn of the last century, in 1904, at a time when Times Square it was already part of the heart of New York.
Three years later, in 1907, the first appearance of a giant sphere took place, which weighed more than 320 kilos, was adorned with iron and wood and illuminated by about one hundred 25-watt bulbs.
In total, in the last 112 years, there have been up to seven different balls, although it was in 2000, at the turn of the millennium, when the most significant change in the design of the structure took place.
The only two times the giant sphere descent ceremony has been suspended was in 1942 and 1943, due to power outages during World War II in New York City.
