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The '''Peach Drop''' is the name for the downtown [[Atlanta]] [[New Year's Eve]] celebration. It is so called because a giant replica of a [[peach]] is dropped in the style of a [[time ball]], in a similar style to the [[Times Square ball|ball drop]] in [[Times Square]] ([[New York City]]). |
The '''Peach Drop''' is the name for the downtown [[Atlanta]] [[New Year's Eve]] celebration. It is so called because a giant replica of a [[peach]] is dropped in the style of a [[time ball]], in a similar style to the [[Times Square ball|ball drop]] in [[Times Square]] ([[New York City]]). |
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It is held each year on [[December 31]] at [[Underground Atlanta]]. |
It is held each year on [[December 31]] at [[Underground Atlanta]] and is the third-largest [[List of objects dropped on New Year's Eve|event of its kind]] in the United States, behind the Times Square Ball and the ''97 Rock Ball Drop'' in [[Buffalo, New York]]. |
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Revision as of 01:09, 5 February 2008
The Peach Drop is the name for the downtown Atlanta New Year's Eve celebration. It is so called because a giant replica of a peach is dropped in the style of a time ball, in a similar style to the ball drop in Times Square (New York City).
It is held each year on December 31 at Underground Atlanta and is the third-largest event of its kind in the United States, behind the Times Square Ball and the 97 Rock Ball Drop in Buffalo, New York.