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When it comes to New Year\u2019s Eve celebrations, very few places are dropping the ball these days. Instead, they are dropping wenches, wrenches, pickles, potatoes and bologna\u2014and that’s no bologna.<\/p>\n

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Pennsylvania may reign supreme when it comes to dropping things on New Year\u2019s Eve. There are more than a dozen drops around the Keystone State, ranging from a button in Carlisle to a sled in Duncannon to the aforementioned wrench in Mechanicsburg (naturally).<\/p>\n

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The New Year’s Eve bologna drop in Lebanon, PA is a bunch of bologna | Photo courtesy of Lebanon<\/p><\/div>\n

But certainly, Lebanon<\/a>\u2019s Bologna Drop takes the cake as a must-see New Year\u2019s Eve event. You never sau-sage a thing as a 250-pound lunch meat plunging 16 feet to the excitement of adoring peeps.<\/p>\n

Speaking of PEEPS, the marshmallow concoction is usually associated with Easter. But in Bethlehem<\/a>, PA, where the treats are made, the drop of a 4.5-foot tall, 85-pound illuminated PEEP chick makes New Year\u2019s Eve egg-stra special.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the dill with pickle drops? While it\u2019s a \u201cno-briner\u201d that Dillsburg, PA drops a six-foot Mr. Pickle, why is a place called Mt. Olive celebrating with a cucumber? It turns out the North Carolina burg is home to the largest independent pickle company in the country. But an unanswered pickle is why Mt. Olive opts to drop its three-foot cuke down a flagpole at midnight Greenwich Mean Time (7pm EST).<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Mobile<\/a>, Alabama takes a shine to MoonPies on New Year\u2019s Eve. A 350-pound facsimile of the popular Southern treat descends 34 stories, marking a sweet start to the New Year.<\/p>\n

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We wish you a happy bleu year! | Photo courtesy of Plymouth Arts Center<\/p><\/div>\n

Dairy gets its due on New Year\u2019s Eve in Wisconsin. In Plymouth, the former home of the National Cheese Exchange, a giant cheese wedge gets lowered from a 100-foot crane. But come early. The cheese roars at 10pm. Sounds gouda to us.<\/p>\n

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Idaho getting mashed… I mean smashed for\u00a0the new year | Photo\u00a0courtesy of Boise, Idaho<\/p><\/div>\n

Famous Potatoes, indeed. On New Year\u2019s Eve, Boise<\/a>, Idaho\u2019s most notable spud is a luminous 16-foot tuber known as the Glowtato. Here\u2019s the dirt: Thousands of spectators take to the streets to watch the s\u2019mashing potato plummet in front of the State Capitol at midnight.<\/p>\n

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Female impersonator Gary Marion, known as Sushi, hangs in a giant replica of a woman’s high heel shoe in Key West, Fla. | Photo courtesy of (Rob O’Neal\/Florida Keys News Bureau\/HO)<\/p><\/div>\n

In Key West<\/a>, Sushi gets dropped on December 31…but she\u2019s actually a drag queen and not a piece of raw fish. Sushi sits in a giant red stiletto that goes down at midnight. But plenty of actual sea creatures are celebrated along the Eastern seaboard on New Year\u2019s Eve. Key West also drops a conch (and a wench, but that\u2019s off-topic). Easton, Maryland lowers a crab. And in Eastport, Maine, the country\u2019s easternmost city, they drop a sardine. An hour before the sardine goes down, a maple leaf falls in Eastport, sweetly celebrating the city\u2019s neighbor just across the border. Why 11pm EST? Because it\u2019s midnight up in Canada. O.<\/p>\n

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