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ways of seeing
December 28, 2012

Midnight Magic: Visual Candy for New Year’s Eve

By Veronica Misako Gledhill

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Even if 2012 was lackluster, the ritual of ringing in the New Year at midnight will wash all of that away for a brighter moment ahead. The holiday is the only time when overflowing glasses of Champagne, sequins, party hats, fireworks, and kissing cute strangers are perfectly acceptable all at once. To prepare for the countdown, we’ve collected images that have that same midnight magic and will give you that exuberant glow well before the 31st. Click on to see (and feel) some serious glamour.

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Confetti on model Whitney Tock, photographed by Ray Lee Photo: Courtesy of Ray Lee
Gold sequins. Photo: © Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
A woman dancing on a Champagne glass.  Photo: © Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
A sparkler waved in a heart-shaped pattern. Photo: Martin Diebel/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
From the FBI files on Marilyn Monroe, this 1962 photograph shows the actress and Jean Pierre Piquet lifting their Champagne glasses at a glamorous rec... From the FBI files on Marilyn Monroe, this 1962 photograph shows the actress and Jean Pierre Piquet lifting their Champagne glasses at a glamorous reception. Photo: © Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
Confetti flies over a packed Times Square. Photo: ERIC THAYER/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
New Year's Eve Crowd in Times Square, 1937. Photo: © Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
Gold chandelier. Photo: Daniel Freytag/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
A midnight kiss on New Year's Eve. Photo: © Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
Light up the night.
Champagne pyramid. Photo: © Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
Confetti is fun!  Photo: Patricia Curi/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
Liv Tyler, all dressed up with somewhere to go, leans against a building in New York City. Photo: Lara Rossignol/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
St. Mark Square, Piazzetta, Lion of St. Mark. Photo: Cesare Gerolimetto/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
Happy New Year!  Photo: H. Armstrong Roberts/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
Sparklers write out the New Year.  Photo: Caspar Benson/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
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