CBS 2 News — If you're looking for a 12,000 pound illuminated crystal ball to drop from the sky as you ring in the New Year, you're about 2,500 miles too far west. But, if you want a celebration with culture and a small-town feel— you've come to the right place!

From a giant spud in Boise to a hand-crafted cherry in Emmett, Idahoans know how to celebrate what makes our state great.

For the sixth year running, roughly 5,000 people are set to gather in Boise's Capital City for theIdaho Potato Drop. The (oh so Idaho) event is topped off with live music, fireworks, games, and sour cream (just kidding about the last part).

Now in its fourth year, locals in Emmett are working to defy gravity with their Cherry Rise! It's their unique way of highlighting the town's rich agriculture and the talent of students from Payette River Regional Technical Academy, who design the entire show!

"Anyone can drop anything. That's gravity! But, here, we like to defy gravity," said Mayor Gordon Petrie of Emmett. "It symbolizes what we're doing to regenerate the economic vibrancy of the Valley of Plenty! So, we like our cherries to go up!"

If you're looking for a more conventional ball drop, head to twin falls. But, even there, don't expect it to be anything fancier than a ball falling from a farming silo!Locals aren't exactly sure where this 15-year tradition stems from, but they believe the copper ball is built from the scraps of an old moonshine still.

"I picked it up at a garage sale, for about 14 dollars one day, not knowing what I was going to do with it," said David Woodhead, the man keeping the tradition alive. "Then I got the bright idea of dropping it from the silos."

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