New Year's Eve celebrations across US include 4 'food drops'

Here's a close look at four other food-focused events around the nation. 

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So it makes sense that the city would want to celebrate this - by dropping a giant PEEPS Chick to celebrate the New Year.

Amelia Island, Florida, has celebrated for the past decade with the dropping of a "shrimp" on New Year's Eve.

The tradition began in 2015, Joe Zimmerman of "Light Up Amelia" told Fox News. 

"Light Up Amelia" was originally created to fund a fireworks display for the Fourth of July, but "we stepped in for New Year's as well," he said. 

"The idea of dropping a massive, steaming shrimp into a steaming cauldron seemed like the natural thing to do in the home of the modern shrimp industry," said Zimmerman. 

The first "Peach Drop" was on Dec. 31, 1989, and the event was held each year until the coronavirus pandemic. 

The celebration returns in 2025 after the 2024 event was canceled by the city of Atlanta, said FOX 5 Atlanta. 

The peach measures eight feet tall and weighs more than 800 pounds. It's dropped at midnight. 

Mount Olive, North Carolina, is a small town about an hour southeast of Raleigh, North Carolina.

The town is home to Mt. Olive Pickles, which is the No. 1 "best-selling brand of pickles, peppers and relishes in the U.S.," according to its website. 

For the last 25 years, the University of Mount Olive has hosted the "Pickle Drop." 

The event features a large "New Year's Eve Pickle" that's dropped into a giant Mt. Olive Pickles jar - with some help from the local fire department's ladder truck. 

This event draws several thousand people to the town each year - and wraps up early.