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Published 20:36 IST, December 28th 2020

Crystals installed on Times Square New Year's ball

Workers have installed nearly 200 glittering Waterford crystal triangles on Times Square's New Year's Eve ball in preparation for a pandemic-limited celebration.

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Workers have installed nearly 200 glittering Waterford crystal triangles on Times Square's New Year's Eve ball in preparation for a pandemic-limited celebration.

The ball is a 12-foot sphere covered with more than 2,000 crystal triangles of various sizes.

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Some new crystals are swapped in every year.

This year's addition features a new "Gift of Happiness" design represented by a sunburst of bright cuts radiating outward.

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The ball blazing with more than 32,000 LED lights will be dropped at 11:59 p.m. on New Year's Eve to ring in 2021.

(Image Credit: AP)

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20:36 IST, December 28th 2020