We are at the end of another year, and it always brings thoughts of starting fresh and having hope for the future.

Most of us have watched the ball drop on New Year’s Eve, which officially declares “out with the old and in with the new.” At midnight, people from all over the world will celebrate the turning of the next page of their lives.

Over the years, the “time ball” has undergone several changes in design, and the most recent was created for the millennial celebration in the year 2000 by Waterford Crystal. It’s a geodesic sphere, six feet in diameter and weighing approximately 1,070 pounds. It’s covered with a total of 504 crystal triangles that vary in size, and each piece has a

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