New Years Traditions

This morning, I was watching the news and I came upon the most intriguing thing. So apparently New York is not the only place in the world that drops something on New Years (duh...). There are many other places that drop things. Such as Des Plaines, Illinois. They drop a diamond. This is the funniest thing ever: in Key West, Florida they drop a drag queen... in a red stiletto shoe and the guys name is kiwi. In Cincinnati, Ohio, they "choose to let a giant pig fly rather than fall, in order to prove that pigs can fly.", direct quote from http://www.examiner.com. These people are very creative. And I remember that there was another one in Beaver Creek, Colo where they have skiers(?) ski down the snow covered slope holding REAL torches. It looks like lava flowing down the mountain.