While many are expected to watch the ball drop and ring in 2023, Pennsylvania is home to a wide variety of objects that fall to ring in the New Year.
In fact the Keystone State leads the nation in the most communities that celebrate New Year’s Eve with different items.
Many communities look to objects that have a big local importance, such as a pickle in Dillsburg; a Yuengling bottle in Pottsville, and a Abraham Lincoln hat in Gettysburg.
Here in Butler, Harmony celebrates the New Year with a Silvester—which rings in the New Year on German time at 6 p.m.
- Beavertown – Beaver
- Bethlehem – Marshmallow Peep
- Carlisle – Button
- Dillsburg – Pickle
- Duncannon – Sled
- Gettysburg – Lincoln hat (up)
- Harrisburg – Strawberry
- Hershey – Kiss (up)
- Lancaster – Red Rose
- Kennett Square – Mushroom
- Lebanon – Bologna
- Lower Allen Township – Lowering of the Yellow Breeches (Pants)
- McClure – Kettle
- McVeytown – Ice Cream Cake
- Mechanicsburg – Wrench
- New Bloomfield – Huckleberry
- Pittsburgh – Recycled ball
- Port Royal – Sprint Car
- Pottsville – Yuengling Bottle (up)
- York – White Rose
