New Year's Eve in NY City
By lauriefnp
@lauriefnp (5109)
United States
December 31, 2006 11:06am CST
Here are a few sites that are great for those who love crowds and big parties on New Years Eve! Times Square has one of the most famous New Years Eve celebrations in the world. This first site is an overview of the history of the Times Square celebration and has a lot of interesting information: http://www.timessquarenyc.org/nye/nye.html
This second site takes a while to load, I'm warning you- if you have a slow connection you will have trouble. It's a series of live web cams in Times Square- a little boring to watch right now, but they'll be interesting as it gets later in the evening, towards midnight:
http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare/
Enjoy! and Happy New Year to All!!
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15 responses
@volschenkh (1043)
• South Africa
31 Dec 06
Wow great info, I am definately going to check it out! Especially earthcam! Thanks for posting!
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@lauriefnp (5109)
• United States
31 Dec 06
It's the next best thing to being there! I prefer the comfort of my couch to those huge crowds, anyways!
@babystar1 (4233)
• United States
1 Jan 07
I agree with you being home and just watching it on the tv.
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@banditwsj (653)
• Indonesia
1 Jan 07
i hope this site is true. because i have been try any site just like that. but you know, many site not true like their say in their promotion. but thank anyway for this information
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@lauriefnp (5109)
• United States
2 Jan 07
It was a true site- the webcams were set up in NY City, in Times Square. A lot of what was seen on the computer was the same as what was seen on TV.
@lauriefnp (5109)
• United States
2 Jan 07
Thanks for responding. There were a lot of good concerts and events going on in NY, but the cams didn't pick most of them up.
@lauriefnp (5109)
• United States
2 Jan 07
Church is probably one of the best places to be on New Years. That's truly starting the year off right.
@lauriefnp (5109)
• United States
2 Jan 07
Thanks for the response. I can understand that a lot of people prefer smaller, more intimate celebrations to the crowds in a place like Times Square.
@sharon613 (2321)
• United States
1 Jan 07
I'll never forget the one time on New Years eve where my second oldest son went with my husband to Times Square for New Years. They were sharing the same bus pass and my son did'nt have any money on him. Lo and behold they lost one another in the crowd and luckily I was able to convience the authorities to let him on the subway for free.
@lauriefnp (5109)
• United States
1 Jan 07
What a scary time that must have been!! I'll bet that they never went back there for New Years! It's much safer to watch it on TV! Hope you had a Happy New Years Eve last night!
@lauriefnp (5109)
• United States
1 Jan 07
Do you have any special New Years celebrations in Barcelona?
@brightbluesea (1143)
• United States
1 Jan 07
Thanks for the cool link to the earth cam! I watched the ball drop in NYC this year on tv and watched the pre-show before midnight. There were droves of people there having a good time!
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@lauriefnp (5109)
• United States
1 Jan 07
I watched on TV, also. There were over 1 million people there in person. They had a lot of cool events and concerts. It would be fun to do sometime.
@lauriefnp (5109)
• United States
1 Jan 07
This comment contributes nothing to the discussion and has been reported to MyLot as abuse. I gave it a negative rating. Happy New Year!
@thumb_up (80)
• China
1 Jan 07
i spent my last day of 2006 in the countryside. so feel that it's very quier,maybe we don't ingnore bout the new year,jsut care about the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year).special in countryside, i cant feel the atmosphere here.maybe it's very joyful in city street ,but it didn't blong to me.we are waiting for the Spring Festival.
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@lauriefnp (5109)
• United States
1 Jan 07
Actually, a Spring Festival in the country sounds better than the wild crowds! I hope you enjoyed the day. You'll have to post about the Festival and the celebrations for the Chinese New Year for us to learn about!
@lauriefnp (5109)
• United States
1 Jan 07
I spent the evening watching the festivities on TV and working on the computer- Not much of a party goer this year! I hope you had a nice evening, and Happy New Year too you, also! As for resolutions, they're the same every year... the diet starts TODAY, along with exercise.
@anju12 (33)
• India
1 Jan 07
THIS FIRST SITE IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF THE TIMES SQUARE CELEBRATION AND HAS A LOT OF INTERSTING INFORMATION. IT A SERIES OF LIVE WEB CAMS IN TIMES SQURE A LITTLE BORING TO WATCH RIGHT NOW ,BUT THEY BE INTERSTING AS IT GETS LATER IN THE EVENING TO WARDS MIDNIGHT.
@lauriefnp (5109)
• United States
1 Jan 07
I have reported you to MyLot for copying the original discussion as your response, and have also given you a negative rating. Your New Years resolution should be to stop cheating and try to earn some money honestly.
@ruman_malik (15)
• Pakistan
1 Jan 07
NY Iz The bEst CIty In tHe WoRld i lOVE ny i've neva Been There Buh i ReallY Wish To See NY!=)
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@lauriefnp (5109)
• United States
1 Jan 07
It would be a long trip for you, for sure! There were people there from all over the world! Maybe some day you will be there for New Years. It's a great city to visit at any time, also. Summertime is especially fun, because you can just wander around all over and see the sights.
