NEW YORK-- There will be a test run Thursday for the confetti that will fall during the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square. Some 3,000 pounds of confetti will fill the air as we ring in 2023.

Times Square has been the place to celebrate New Year’s Eve for more than 120 years. The first ball-lowering celebration took place in 1907. This year’s webcast will start at 6 p.m. ET on Dec ...

Fireworks were. The first New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square was organized by The New York Times in 1904, to coincide with the official opening of the newspaper’s new headquarters.