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Masses Wish Upon NYC Confetti

Times Square is collecting messages to drop on New Year's Eve revelers

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 30, 2007 1:52 PM CST

(Newser) – Your wishes for world peace, greater height, smarter bosses, and healthy children will float down on Times Square tomorrow night among more than a ton of confetti, reports the AP. For the first time, Times Square is collecting messages to be printed and mixed in with the 1 ton-plus of confetti that will be dropped on revelers.

Anyone can submit their message by dropping it off with the Times Square Information Center or submitting it at the Wishing Wall Online website. Wishes ranging from the heartfelt to the ludicrous have been received, according to a Times Square Alliance spokesman.

Workers add Waterford Crystal panels to the ball that will be dropped on New Year's Eve in Times Square December 27, 2007 in New York City. The newly re-designed crystal ball has 9,576 high-power Luxeon energy efficient LEDs. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Workers add Waterford Crystal panels to the ball that will be dropped on New Year's Eve in Times Square December 27, 2007 in New York City. The newly re-designed crystal ball has 9,576 high-power Luxeon...   (Getty Images)
A giant numeral '8' is set unlit at the Times Square information centre, in New York, 13 December 2007. The 500-pound (227 Kg), seven-foot (2.1 metres) tall numeral '8', which will complete the '2008' sign as the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball descends, was taken by subway for...
A giant numeral '8' is set unlit at the Times Square information centre, in New York, 13 December 2007. The 500-pound (227 Kg), seven-foot (2.1 metres) tall numeral '8', which will complete the '2008'...   (Getty Images)
A giant numeral '8' is taken via subway to Time Square, in New York, 13 December 2007. The 500-pound (227 Kg), seven-foot (2.1 metres) number '8', which will complete the '2008' sign as the Time Square New Year's Eve Ball descends, was taken by subway for the first time...
A giant numeral '8' is taken via subway to Time Square, in New York, 13 December 2007. The 500-pound (227 Kg), seven-foot (2.1 metres) number '8', which will complete the '2008' sign as the Time Square...   (Getty Images)
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