Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: The New Year's Eve ball drop started over 100 years ago. Based on a 19th-century maritime tradition, "time balls" were once dropped down poles in ...

The New York City ball drop has been a tradition for over 100 years. The signal of a new year is a ball for New York and the East Coast, but those in the rest of the country have another hour ...

[Dino] wanted to make this New Year’s celebration a bit more interesting, but he can’t make it to New York for the ball drop. Instead, he decided to make his own mini display in his workshop.

In the US, a popular way to celebrate New Year's Eve is to watch the ball drop in Times Square. The tradition started in 1907, when the ball was made of iron and wood. After multiple redesigns ...