New York City lowers a ball. What would Erie drop to celebrate New Year's Eve? Vote here

On New Year's Eve, many revelers are glued to their TVs to watch the ball drop in New York City’s Times Square. However, there are cities throughout the country which celebrate the occasion by lowering objects with significance, historical or otherwise, to their communities.

A Forbes.com story points out that Orlando lowers an orange, while Raleigh, North Carolina, drops an acorn. Eastport, Maine, pays homage to Canada by dropping a maple leaf an hour before lowering a sardine.Pennsylvania is chock full of special object drops to signify the start of the new year. Lebanon City has a bologna drop, while Dillsburg drops a pickle, York lowers a white rose, a strawberry descends in Harrisburg and a wrench drops in Mechanicsburg, to name a few.

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What about Erie? No such ball drop exists here on New Year's Eve. Yet.

The Times-News would like to know what you think Erie should drop if the city ever created its own interpretation of the event.

We've compiled a list of possible replica items to showcase Erie's location or history. Those objects include a pepperoni ball, sponge candy, Mighty Fine donut, the Flagship Niagara, 814 area code, a perch, Wabtec locomotive, Bicentennial Tower, Perry Monument and North Pier Light. We could've added many more, but in an effort to keep the poll manageable we limited our entries to 10.

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Please cast your vote in the poll below. Thank you for your participating.

We will reveal the winner Friday afternoon.

This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: New Year's Eve ball-drop poll: What would represent Erie best