Since it's the end o' the year, I suppose I should do some kind of thematically appropriate post. So, now that it's too late to do anything about it, here's a travel tip (maybe you could use it next year): apparently, in Bethlehem, PA, they drop a giant marshmallow peep to ring in the New Year. I've seen a few mentions here and there of Raleigh's giant acorn, which seems to strike some as odd. Doesn't seem all that strange to me. Perhaps that's how the folks in PA feel about the big peep.
Of course, along with dropping big things out the sky, the other thing people like to do this time of year is make lists.