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Creative Discovery Museum rings in new year with apple juice and fun

Mary Lewis carries a tray of apple juice through a crowd of children during the Creative Discovery Museum's annual New Years at Noon celebration on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The annual event features a visit from Father Time and apple juice drinks for kids to toast the new year. Mary Lewis carries a tray of apple juice through a crowd of children during the Creative Discovery Museum's annual New Years at Noon celebration on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The annual event features a visit from Father Time and apple juice drinks for kids to toast the new year.

By Staff Report January 1, 2016 1 min read

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Creative Discovery Museum rings in new year with apple juice and fun

Damon King, top, and Devin Wyatt practice playing Auld Lang Syne on kazoos during the Creative Discovery Museum's annual New Years at Noon celebration on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The annual event features a visit from Father Time and apple juice drinks for kids to toast the new year.

Bernard Richardson, II, left, plays a kazoo in the ear of his brother Jaetyn Richardson during the Creative Discovery Museum's annual New Years at Noon celebration on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The annual event features a visit from Father Time and apple juice drinks for kids to toast the new year.

Museum director Henry Schulson, dressed as Father Time, carries new year baby Charlie Knapp down stairs during the Creative Discovery Museum's annual New Years at Noon celebration on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The annual event features a visit from Father Time and apple juice drinks for kids to toast the new year.

Children watch as confetti is released during the Creative Discovery Museum's annual New Years at Noon celebration on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The annual event features a visit from Father Time and apple juice drinks for kids to toast the new year.

Kaleb Allison has confetti stuck to his face as he rolls in it during the Creative Discovery Museum's annual New Years at Noon celebration on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The annual event features a visit from Father Time and apple juice drinks for kids to toast the new year.

Empty apple juice cups are collected after the toast during the Creative Discovery Museum's annual New Years at Noon celebration on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The annual event features a visit from Father Time and apple juice drinks for kids to toast the new year.

Chattanooga-area families rang in 2016, albeit 12 hours early, at Creative Discovery Museum’s annual New Year’s at Noon celebration.

The celebration included a countdown with Father Time and Baby New Year and a colorful confetti drop at the strike of noon, a more reasonable hour for the younger set. Kids also toasted the new year with apple juice and perform a one-of-a-kind rendition of “Auld Lang Syne” on kazoos.