by Eddie Winkle (NWM Staff Writer)
Each year millions tune in to watch a spherical object with crystal bulbs be lowered on top of some New York building in Times Square. All while Seacrest and B-starlet du jour do an emotional play by play. Doesn’t sound as riveting when it’s just words on a screen. In that case, here are some other Eve options for your viewing pleasure.
BIG HUNK OF CHEESE (Plymouth, Wisconsin): Even though the site says, "ring in 2011," I’m pretty sure it’s for this year. The Plymouth Art Center hosts a night of dinner and dancing and yes, a giant Wisconsin cheese falling from the sky at midnight.
7 1/2' / 120lb SLAB OF BOLOGNA (Lebanon, Pennsylvania): Not sure what’s crazier, the size of the meat or the fact that it is truly edible. Each year a local PA manufacturer donates the bologna that's suspended and eventually drops from a fire engine ladder.
GIANT CRAB (Easton, Maryland): For the past 5 years this tradition has been drawing a thousand plus crowd. And for those keeping score, it’s a replica of a giant red crab…steamed (no drawn butter).
3-FOOT GLOWING PICKLE (Mt. Olive, North Carolina): This tradition began waaay back at the turn of the century (1999). At 11:59pm (or earlier), folks gather in front of the Mt. Olive Pickle Company factory in Wayne County to watch a giant pickle get lowered into an antique wooden pickle barrel.
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