New Yorkers say good riddance to bad vibes from 2015

New York is preparing to ring in the New Year with the famous Times Square ball drop. But before that, people have been invited to abolish all bad vibes in an annual Good Riddance Day event.

Tim Tompkins, president of the Times Square Alliance, shreds a photo of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for Good Riddance Day 2015. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) Source: AAP

Shred it and forget it - that's the motto for New York's annual Good Riddance Day event.

It's a day where locals and passers-by are invited to write down bad memories from 2015 and put them in a bin.

It's final destination? You guessed it - a giant shredder.

Participants are welcome to add photos of old boyfriends and girlfriends, love letters, scary bills, failed essays, and any other paper mementos to destroy in spectacular fashion.

                       

Carlita Gibsonholds a sheet of paper listing items she would like to shred and forget during a Good Riddance Day celebration (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) Source: AP

President of Times Square Alliance, Tim Tompkins, said the symbolic tossing away of bad vibes is intended to offer a fresh start to the New Year.

"A lot of people, New Year's Eve, they think about resolutions, what they want to do differently in the new year but the flipside of that is what do we want to let go of," said Mr Tompkins. 

The sad memories will then be recycled into confetti when Times Square rings in 2016.