The ball has been lowered every year since 1907 , with the exceptions of 1942 and 1943 , when the ceremony was suspended due to the wartime " dimout " of lights in new york city .

从1907年开始，每年都会举办水晶球降落的活动，只有1942和1943年由于战争原因在纽约实行“半灯光管制”时例外。