
- Key West, Florida - a conch shell
- Sarasota, Florida - a pineapple
- Ty Ty, Georgia - a Peanut
- Gainesville, Georgia - a Chicken (started 2009)
- Duluth, Georgia - suprise object to be revealed at midnight, December 31, 2009
- Vincennes, Indiana (near Terre Haute) - Watermelons
- Eastport, Maine - a sardine
- Brasstown, North Carolina - a live opossum in a cage
- Mount Olive, North Carolina - a pickle
- Raleigh, North Carolina - a 900-pound brass acorn
- Elmore, Ohio - a sausage
- Port Clinton, Ohio - a walleye fish, named “Captain Wylie Walleye”
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania - a giant Peep
Makes me a little sad to just live in boring old NYC. Happy new year, all.