Keeping with our holiday blogs “trivia edition” – welcome to New Year’s Eve segment!

Share these fun tidbits with your family and friends!

We wish you a safe and happy New Years!!!!

Travel for the special occasion:

• 24% of Americans plan to celebrate NYE at home
• 45% of Americans plan to celebrate NYE with their family
• 15% of Americans plan to attend parties or public events
• 83% of Americans spend less than $200 on NYE celebrations
• The average babysitter is paid $16.40 on NYE
  • That’s 20% more than any other time of the year!
• 12% of Americans fall asleep before midnight on NYE
• 54% of Americans plan to kiss someone at midnight
• 61% of Americans say a prayer on NYE
• 112.5 million people will travel at least 30 miles from home on NYE
• 102.1 million people will drive to their destination
• 6.7 million people will fly
• 3.7 million people will travel by other transportation: bus, ship, etc.

• The most popular US Destinations on NYE
  • Orlando, FL
  • Anaheim, CA
  • Honolulu, HI

NYE in Times Square:

• $1160+ average cost for a couple to enjoy dinner and a show in the Big Apple
• Approximately 1 million people will attend NYE in Times Square
• It takes 7,000 Police officers to cover the square on NYE
• 1,200 security cameras are installed in and around Times Square
• The ball weighs 11,875 lbs
• 2,688 Waterford Crystal triangles cover the ball (the equivalent of 3 pick-up trucks)
• 1907 was the year the ball made its NYE debut
• There were 2 times the ball did not drop:
  • 1942
  • 1943
    • Due to light restrictions imposed by WWII
• To get a BallDrop Party Pass you will pay out $199/each
• 198 million people watch the ball drop on TV
• 3.6 million view the event through FB/Webcast
• Over 1 billion worldwide television views
• 1.5 tons of confetti are dropped in Times Square on NYE
• It takes 12-16 hours to clean up Times Square once the festivities end

Rose Parade:

• 3.2 million flowers are used to build the floats
• 700,000 spectators
• 37 million people view the parade on TV

Party time:

• 360 million glasses of sparkling wine will be consumed on NYE
• Average BAC on NYE =.094% making it the most drunken night of the year!
• $20,000 average cost of DUI
• 49,900 people are injured in car crashes on NYE
• 438 traffic fatalities occur each NYE

Resolutions:

• 44% of Americans will make a New Year’s resolution
• 31% of those Americans will not stick to them
• 77% of Americans set financial goals as a New Year’s resolution
• 80% of resolutions will fail by February
• 22% of Americans admit their 2019 resolutions were the same as their 2018 goals

• Top New Year’s Resolutions:

• Exercise more             55%
• Eat healthier               54%
• Save money                51%
• Lose weight                 48%
• Reduce stress              38%