Forget the Ball Drop: These Unique Objects Took Over NYE in Texas, New Mexico, & Arizona

New York isn’t the only state that drops a giant object for New Year’s Eve; Arizona, New Mexico AND Texas have their OWN unique celebrations to bring in the new year. While some cities do drop giant balls, each state have their own unique spin for New Year’s Eve.

Here are giant objects that Arizona drops for New Year’s Eve

Anyone who’s been in Tucson for New Year’s Eve is familiar with their Taco Bell drops, where instead of a ball, it’s a giant taco. This is a tradition the city has had since 2014.

Some other unique celebrations in Arizona include:

2 cities in New Mexico have their own New Year’s Eve celebrations

New Mexico loves their chilis & Las Cruces lets everyone know that with THEIR giant chili pepper every year.

Santa Fe on the other hand actually RAISES the Zia solar symbol every year at the Santa Fe Plaza. Yes while this isn’t an object drop, it IS a yearly tradition that I couldn’t leave off.

One Texas city decided to pay tribute to the state as a New Year’s Eve drop

The city of Houston decided to have a giant Star for their New Year Eve’s celebration but it was a RAISE instead of a drop. The city of McAllen has their OWN spin of the NYC glass ball; in this case it’s a giant MIRROR ball that they drop for New Year’s Eve.

I know there are several items that Texas can EASILY drop for New Year’s Eve and here some of MY ideas:

Let’s hope Texas will use one of these ideas for New Year’s Eve. At least once!