[Ghoulish Delight]

I too wasn't allowed to stay up until midnight until I was probably around 11 or 12. For many of those years, I was very confused about talk of a "giant lighted ball falling at midnight." One year, I managed to keep myself awake in my dark room all the way until midnight. I was so excited, I would finally get to witness the spectacle that is the giant ball! Imagine my disappointment when all I saw outside my bedroom window was the same boring street. The ball must have dropped in the other direction, or the houses across the way blocked my view.

Imagine my further disappointment when I finally learned what it REALLY is. I have been very unimpressed with that stupid ball of lightbulbs since.