"Farewell 2020, we’re ready to let you go, 2021 is welcomed with a big hello. The FLAGSTAFF GREAT PINECONE DROP is cherished and traditional, this year being shown only VIRTUAL. So please plan to carry-out and settle in, this year’s Pinecone Drop will be welcomed from home with a grin!”

Twenty-two years ago, the Great Pinecone Drop became Flagstaff’s New Year’s Eve tradition in 1999, when the Weatherford Hotel rang in the new millennium and honored the Hotel’s 100-year anniversary. Since then, thousands have gathered in the streets for the countdown into the New Year and the lowering of the Pinecone followed by a brief fireworks display. This year, the tradition has nuanced and will occur VIRTUALLY-ONLY as revelers carry-out and settle-in for the Great Pinecone Drop at pineconedrop.com.