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New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square: See photos of the revelers, performers, more

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  • NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 31: Jonathan Knight, Donnie Wahlberg, Jordan Knight and Danny Wood of New Kids on the Block perform on stage during Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2019 on December 31, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve)
    Photo Credit: (Credit too long, see caption)/Eugene Gologursky
  • Many people attended the Times Square New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square, many getting there early in the morning. Ryan Seacrest makes a very soggy walk through the crowd.
    Photo Credit: Todd Maisel
  • NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 31: Joey McIntyre, Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg on stage during Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2019 on December 31, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve)
    Photo Credit: (Credit too long, see caption)/Eugene Gologursky
  • NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 31: Jenny McCarthy speaks with revelers during Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2019 on December 31, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve)
    Photo Credit: (Credit too long, see caption)/Astrid Stawiarz
  • NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 31: Ryan Seacrest speaks on stage during Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2019 on December 31, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve)
    Photo Credit: (Credit too long, see caption)/Eugene Gologursky
  • Many people attended the Times Square New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square, many getting there early in the morning. NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill supervises the celebration in Times Square himself flanked by top cops including Chief of Department Terrence Monahan.
    Photo Credit: Todd Maisel
  • Many people attended the Times Square New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square, many getting there early in the morning.
    Photo Credit: Todd Maisel
  • Many people attended the Times Square New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square, many getting there early in the morning. Singer Bebe Rexha gets ready for her performance in the rain.
    Photo Credit: Todd Maisel
  • Many people attended the Times Square New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square, many getting there early in the morning.
    Photo Credit: Todd Maisel
  • Scores of people attended the Times Square New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square, with many getting there early in the morning.
    Photo Credit: Todd Maisel
  • Scores of people attended the Times Square New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square, with many getting there early in the morning.
    Photo Credit: Todd Maisel
  • Scores of people attended the Times Square New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square, with many getting there early in the morning.
    Photo Credit: Todd Maisel
  • Event-goers stand in their rain gear as they wait for the New Year's Eve celebration performances to begin in Manhattan on Dec. 31, 2018.
    Photo Credit: Marisol Diaz-Gordon
  • Performer Donnie Wahlberg, of the group New Kids On the Block, takes selfies with fans in Times Square on Dec. 31, 2018.
    Photo Credit: Marisol Diaz-Gordon
  • Many people attended the Times Square New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square, many getting there early in the morning.
    Photo Credit: Todd Maisel
  • Poncho-wearing revelers (umbrellas are not allowed, per the NYPD) await the New Year's Eve celebrations in the holding pens in Manhattan's Times Square amid the rain on Dec. 31, 2018. Are you glad you stayed in to welcome 2019?
    Photo Credit: Marisol Diaz-Gordon

There’s nothing like New Year’s Eve in NYC. 

Annually, revelers brave the weather, and 2018 into 2019, heavy rainfall included, was no exception. Many more of us chose the cozier option (= watching from our couches), but the result was the same: performances by Christina Aguilera, New Kids on the Block and many more.

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