{"id":10883,"date":"2011-12-31T18:23:30","date_gmt":"2011-12-31T23:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=10883"},"modified":"2012-08-23T00:30:43","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T04:30:43","slug":"wackiest-new-years-eve-ball-drops-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/12\/wackiest-new-years-eve-ball-drops-5.html","title":{"rendered":"Wackiest New Year&#8217;s Eve Ball Drops (5)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2011\/12\/Fish-Prairie-du-Chien-WI.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10884\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2011\/12\/Fish-Prairie-du-Chien-WI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><a title=\"wackiest New Year's Eve ball drops: Prairie du Chien\" href=\"http:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/travel-guide\/prairie-du-chien\">Prairie du Chien<\/a>, WI<\/h3>\n<p>You\u2019ll have to get in line for a good luck kiss from a 20-plus-pound fish in Prairie du Chien, where revelers await Lucky, the frozen carp. Donning a crown, the spray-painted fish is lowered 110 feet from the air into a wooden cradle at the stroke of midnight. St. Feriole Island; (608) 326-8602; <a title=\"wackiest New Year's Eve ball drops: Prairie du Chien\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prairieduchien.org\/visitors\/events.htm\" target=\"_blank\">prairieduchien.org<\/a>. <em>\u2014Alix Strauss<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: http:\/\/travel.yahoo.com\/ideas\/wackiest-new-year%E2%80%99s-eve-ball-drops.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prairie du Chien, WI You\u2019ll have to get in line for a good luck kiss from a 20-plus-pound fish in Prairie du Chien, where revelers await Lucky, the frozen carp. Donning a crown, the spray-painted fish is lowered 110 feet from the air into a wooden cradle at the stroke of midnight. 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