Workers are installing 288 pieces of new Waterford Crystal triangles on the New Year's Eve Ball at One Times Square in New York, on December 27, 2017. /CFP Photo 

The ball is covered with more than 2,600 Waterford Crystals of various patterns, cuts and sizes, with the theme "The Gift of Serenity" this year. /CFP Photo

Every year at exactly one minute before midnight local time on New Year’s Eve, the ball descends 43 meters in 60 seconds down a specially designed flagpole, and rests at midnight to welcome the arrival of the New Year. /CFP Photo

The ball drop is a tradition that dates back to 1907, and has become one of the most iconic countdown celebrations around the world. /CFP Photo