The Sleepy History of the Times Square Ball Drop

Get Sleepy: Sleep meditation and stories

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧

Writer: Alicia Steffann ✍️

Sound design: bell tower chimes, cheerful crowd ambience 🔔🥂

Includes mentions of: Nostalgia, Winter, History, New Year's.

Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll take a journey back in time and learn all about the origins of a classic New Year’s tradition - the Times Square ball drop - from the early examples of time balls to our modern-day celebrations. 😴

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