Grandma's House

I was just reading this story on the various ways different cities in Pennsylvania ring in the New Year. For those of you who are afraid of clicking a link lest your computer should fry, here's a brief rundown from the story:

Mechanicsburg - dropping a wrench.

Harrisburg - dropping a strawberry.

Lancaster - raising a red rose.

York - dropping a white rose into a giant vase.

Elizabethtown - dropping a huge M&M.

Falmouth - lowering a stuffed goat.

Manheim - raising an orb.

Dillsburg - lowering a pickle.

Red Lion - raising a cigar.

Middletown - dropping a ball.

Hummelstown - dropping a lollipop.

Lebanon - dropping a 7 1/2 foot long bologna.

Cleona - dropping a pretzel from the fire station tower.

Shippensburg - dropping an anchor.

Newville - dropping a big spring.

New Bloomfield - dropping a large huckleberry.

Duncannon - dropping a sled.

Blain - dropping a wooden cow from a silo.

Liverpool - dropping a canal boat.

Here in the Ozarks, we don't do anything quite so exciting. Springfield has what they call "First Night", which starts about 5 p.m. All the center city pubs, restaurants, theaters, gyms, etc., open and have special programming all evening with dances, plays, many kinds of music, and so on, for all ages. Then at midnight, there is a fireworks display in the park. Here at Grandma's House, we watch the ball drop on Times Square on television, say "Happy New Year" to each other, and finish whatever we were doing before midnight. Sounds boring to you, but we like it.