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To bring a feeling of celebration, are more people turning to confetti?

by Stephanie Hughes
Dec 31, 2021
While large gatherings like the one in Times Square are being scaled back, small sales of confetti are growing for some retailers.
People write wishes on confetti that will then be dropped on New Year's Eve in Times Square.
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Making midnight a big moment in New York

by Tracey Samuelson
Dec 31, 2015
Dropping confetti on Times Square is a true labor of love for one man.
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Shelf Life

'Razzle Dazzle' and why Broadway came back

by Kai Ryssdal , Bridget Bodnar and Mukta Mohan
Oct 16, 2015
A look at how theater on the Great White Way changed Time Square's reputation.
Front row, from left to right: Jerry Schoenfeld, former chairman of the theatrical producing company The Shubert Organization; Bernard Jacobs, former president of The Shubert Organization; and Phillip J. Smith, the current CEO of the company. 
Courtesy Betty Jacobs
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A dim law? Imagine Times Square without billboards

by Marketplace Contributor
Jul 24, 2015
'Bureaucratic hiccup' threatens the intersection's iconic flash.
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Final Note

A New Year's Eve history lesson

by David Gura
Dec 31, 2014
The story behind the birth of the Times Square ball.
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Final Note

Where to spend New Year's? Boise or Brasstown, N.C.?

by Lizzie O'Leary
Dec 31, 2013
At midnight, a $10,000 foam potato will drop in Boise, Idaho.
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