2024 wishes range from ending war to hugging a chicken

• Those wishes will be mixed with confetti that falls at midnight Dec. 31, covering Times Square with thousands of hopes and dreams.

What they're saying: "We saw a lot of 'health', 'happiness', and 'peace' this year," Times Square Alliance vice president TJ Witham told Axios.

Here's a look at just a few of those New Year's wishes:

• "It's always been a wish of mine to spend New Year's in Times Square. One day I will. Until then, this note will make it there for me."
• "May I eat a lot of delicious foods!!"
• "I want to succeed in my first year of medicine to one day become a pediatric surgeon."
• "My wish is to become financially stable but also take my mom on her bucket list trips."
• "I want the war end in Ukraine and my father will come back home and live under the peaceful sky."
• "My wish is for my dad to never forget how much I love him. #dementiacaregiver"
• "I wish to hug a chicken."
• "I wish for the world to be a little less homophobic and a lot more accepting in 2024."

• "I wish for a year where I finally have the courage to do the things I'm scared to do and achieve the things I've dreamt of."
• "I wish that the climate crisis will end."
• "I'd love to go horseback riding with Reba McEntire!"
• "I wish to see my 99th birthday and make it to my granddaughter's wedding in September!!"
• "My wish is that my wife be pain free, happy, healthy and come to know how truly special she is."
• "To have a complete historical American Girl doll collection."
• "That there will be no wars in my daughter's lifetime."

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