We Drop The Most Stuff On New Years Eve...

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By "we" I'm referring to Pennsylvanians

I live right outside Hershey,PA (where they drop the Hershey kiss at Midnight). I've seen the strawberry, pickles, bologna, wrench, and lollipop drop over the years as they are all in the same area within about 20 minutes of each other.

I thought for years they do this in all areas of the country. Apparently not..

List of objects dropped on New Year's Eve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pennsylvania is the state where the most objects are dropped on New Year's Eve.

Allentown, Pennsylvania: A liberty bell replica is dropped to commemorate when the liberty bell was stored in Allentown during the American Revolution.
Akron, Pennsylvania: A purple-and-gold shoe is dropped.
Beavertown, Pennsylvania: A beaver is dropped.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: A 100-pound yellow illuminated Peep made out of fiberglass. (The producer of Peeps, Just Born, is based in Bethlehem)
Blain, Pennsylvania: A wooden cow is dropped from a silo.
Bradford, Pennsylvania: The ball drop was discontinued for 2011 but brought back for 2012.
Carlisle, Pennsylvania: An Indy car is dropped.
Cleona, Pennsylvania: A pretzel is raised.
Cornwall, Pennsylvania: A Cannonball Drop commemorates the historic Cornwall Iron Furnace. The Civil War-era bowling-ball-sized cannonball is courtesy of Sgt. Damian Smith, command historian for the Pennsylvania National Guard.
Dillsburg, Pennsylvania: Two pickles are dropped,[113] one at midnight UTC ("Mrs. Pickle") and the main drop at midnight Eastern Time.
Duncannon, Pennsylvania: A sled is dropped.
East Petersburg, Pennsylvania: A large "Haydn's Jug" is dropped.
Easton, Pennsylvania: A ten-foot Crayola crayon is dropped at 8 pm to accommodate children's bedtimes
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania: A giant M&M is dropped at midnight UTC to correspond with midnight in sister city Letterkenny in Ireland. This changed to a Dove chocolate bar in 2012-13; both Dove and M&M's are manufactured in Elizabethtown.
Falmouth, Pennsylvania: A stuffed goat is dropped.
Halifax, Pennsylvania: A Hemlock tree is dropped.
Hallam, Pennsylvania: A replica of the Haines Shoe House is dropped.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: A strawberry is dropped.
Hershey, Pennsylvania: A Hershey Kiss replica is raised.
Hummelstown, Pennsylvania: A lollipop is dropped.
Ickesburg, Pennsylvania: A french fry is dropped.
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania: For 2014, a steel mushroom was dropped. Kennett Square, often called "The Mushroom Capital of the World", is one of the largest growers of mushrooms.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania: A red rose is raised
Lebanon, Pennsylvania: A 100-pound stick of Lebanon Bologna is dropped. The bologna itself is distributed to a local food bank and animal shelter following the drop.
Lewistown, Pennsylvania: A bag of Hartley's potato chips is dropped.
Lisburn, Pennsylvania: A pair of yellow pants or "britches" is dropped in honor of the Yellow Breeches Creek.
Lititz, Pennsylvania: A Moravian star is raised.
Liverpool, Pennsylvania: A canal boat is dropped.
Media, Pennsylvania: A ball is dropped.
Manheim, Pennsylvania: A ball is raised.
McClure, Pennsylvania: A kettle is dropped in honor of McClure Bean Soup Festival.
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: A wrench is dropped.
Middletown, Pennsylvania: A metal Rhombicuboctahedron, referred to by the organizers as a "sphoctagon" (portmanteau of sphere and octagon), is dropped.
Myerstown, Pennsylvania: A tablet of Bayer aspirin has been dropped since 2013-14; Bayer operates a manufacturing plant in Myerstown.
New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania: A box huckleberry is dropped.
Newville, Pennsylvania: A big spring is dropped.
Palmyra, Pennsylvania: "The Giant Shoe" is dropped.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: A ball representing the planet earth, made of recycled materials, was raised for 2007.
Port Royal, Pennsylvania: A sprint car is dropped.
Pottsville, Pennsylvania: A bottle of Yuengling beer is raised.
Red Lion, Pennsylvania: A wooden cigar held by a lion is raised.
Richland, Pennsylvania: A cigar is dropped.
Shamokin, Pennsylvania: A chunk of coal is dropped, turning into a diamond at the bottom; the event has been held since 1987-88.
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania: An anchor is dropped.
Strasburg, Pennsylvania: Ping pong balls are dropped.
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania: A chunk of coal is dropped, turning into a diamond at the bottom. The Wilkes-Barre celebration, which began in 1995-96, is an homage to the one in Shamokin.
York, Pennsylvania: A white rose is dropped.

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