New Year's Eve ball gets upgraded with fresh crystals

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00:00The design this year is based in a circular fashion, so it's a disc, which really represents

00:16infinity. So it's the idea of infinity, never-ending hope, always looking forward, innovation,

00:23looking ahead.

00:30This is the New Year's Eve Times Square Ball, adorned with 5,280 Waterford crystal discs.

00:52The design this year is based in a circular fashion, so it's a disc, which really represents

00:58infinity. So it's the idea of infinity, never-ending hope, always looking forward, innovation, looking

01:06ahead.

01:07No, it's okay. Can we do one more?

01:08Yes.

01:09Don't stand up front.

01:13Don't stand up front.

01:14Don't stand up front.

01:18Don't stand up front.

01:19Don't stand up front.

01:25Don't stand up front.

01:32So the ball has been dropping since 1907, and Waterford has been producing the crystals,

01:52and we've partnered with Jamestown, who takes our crystals and brings them to life through

01:59their extraordinary ability to backlight and use LED to make it just the most modern approach

02:06to New Year's Eve that you can imagine.

02:09Please don't go right in front of your children.

02:16Please don't go right in front of your children.

02:32We prefer not to show the camp because this is behind the scenes.

02:46Each one of the discs, there are three different designs, represent three different ideas.

02:51One, life, liberty, and happiness to celebrate our nation's 250th anniversary.

02:56So we're looking forward to a 2026 year of hope, happiness, love, and good cheer.

03:19joyful culture, joy,, grace,yard, death, and relax.

03:27That's all.

03:33One.

03:36Let him come down so he can get set up.