Times Square was filled with color for the annual Confetti Test to prepare the area for New Year’s Eve.

“It should be fabulous,” Damion Thompson, visiting from Jacksonville, Florida, said.

What You Need To Know

  • Times Square was filled with color for the annual Confetti Test to prepare the area for New Year’s Eve

  • The Times Square Alliance says 3,000 pounds of confetti are expected to drop in Times Square

  • There’s also a “Wishing Wall” in Times Square where people can write their hopes for 2025 through New Year’s Eve
  • Those who can’t make it to the wall in person can write them on social media using the hashtag: #ConfettiWish

Anita Viola lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn and says this is her first time seeing the test.

“I like the energy. I love the light, just the excitement of it,” Viola said.

The Times Square Alliance says 3,000 pounds of confetti are expected to drop in Times Square.

“It’s really cool to see it come down. It’s just like an experience,” Maria Crostic, visiting from Richmond, Virginia, said.

Tom Harris said this will be his 17th New Year’s as the president of the Times Square Alliance.

“There is a lot of energy and excitement in Times Square throughout the year, but during New Year’s Eve it’s special. People come from around the world to Times Square for that moment at midnight,” Harris said.

There’s also a “Wishing Wall” in Times Square where people can write their hopes for 2025 through New Year’s Eve. Those who can’t make it in person can write them on social media using the hashtag: #ConfettiWish.

“Just be happy and healthy,” Viola said of her wish for next year.

“One thing I want to try to do is be healthier,” Crostic said.

Organizers said each year they try to take the best parts of previous New Year’s celebrations and expand upon them. Last year, one popular feature was having musicians interspersed with the revelers. They said that was such a big hit, it’s coming back this year.