In America, the best-known (11) to be on December thirty-first is Times Square in New York City. Hundreds of thousands of people gather in the colD.They (12) together and wait for midnight. It feels like a huge party. The people count down the (13) seconds. 'Ten... ninE...eight...' All eyes watch a huge glass ball as it (14) a pole on top of a tall building. Someone in the crowd says it looks like a bright piece of snow. Someone else says it looks like thousands of stars. This is a (15) Times Square tradition.