The Waterford crystal ball that will drop in New York's Times Square to usher in 2013 is previewed on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. The ball will be seen by millions again this New Year's Eve.

The Times Square New Year's Eve Ball is a 12-foot geodesic sphere covered in Waterford Crystal triangles and illuminated by LED lights. The ball drop tradition began in 1907 and has evolved over ...

(AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) Singer Pitbull attends the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball Crystal Installation at ... The only years no ball drop occurred were 1942 and 1943, when the city instituted ...

NEW YORK — The last of the crystal triangles that make up this year's Times Square ... ball have been featured in the century-plus since that first celebration. The only years no ball drop ...

New York City’s Times Square Ball Drop, one of the most iconic New Year ... The dazzling event involves the lowering of a massive, illuminated crystal ball from the top of One Times Square ...

Started in 1907, New York City’s Times Square Ball Drop is one of the most iconic ... The event is about lowering a massive illuminated crystal ball at One Times Square in New York marking ...

Rapper Pitbull helped unveil Times Square's iconic New Year's Eve ball on Friday. The Waterford Crystal ball is a geodesic ... Temps will drop, but freezing weather coming next week On New Year's ...

With less than a week remaining to the new year, rapper Pitbull helped unveil Times Square's iconic New Year's Eve ball on Friday. The Waterford Crystal ... Though the ball drop tradition at ...

The last of the crystal triangles that make up this year's Times Square ... of the ball have been featured in the century-plus since that first celebration. The only years no ball drop occurred ...