TIMES SQUARE — Before they welcome in new year, Times Square visitors were given the chance to dump the worst of 2015 Monday.
The 9th Annual Good Riddance Day let people unload themselves of events, people and thoughts that made the past year less than perfect — and shred them.
The event was co-sponsored by the Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment.
If shredding wasn’t good enough, a nearby mallet and safety goggles were also available — used by one visitor who brought with her an alarm clock that has woken her, unprompted, at all times of the night in the past 12 months.
Many submissions for shredding were personal and poignant.
Isabella Saffioti and Sabrina Ruffo, two 18-year-old college students, were excited to leave behind the difficult tests of their first-year biology classes.
Queens resident Nancy Bommer, 45, shredded the bills she had paid on time, allowing her to “invest in better dental care and a better me” in 2016.
Spencer Goodwin, 21, from Baltimore, shredded intolerance for the members of the LGBT community, asking for love to be free around the world.
“The more of us who embrace our sexuality, the better we’ll all be able to come together,” Goodwin said.
Carolyn Wells, 64, a New Yorker, took the mallet to heart medication she no longer needed after undergoing a successful surgical procedure in May.
“I’m going to be 65 and I don’t have to worry about my heart,” she said.
Matacchione Barbara, a 62-year-old flight attendant who lives in the south of France, said she had lost two friends in the Nov. 13 terrorist attack on Paris’ Bataclan theater. She shredded a note that mentioned violence.
Broken hearts, betrayals, bed bugs, mass incarceration and at least three references to New York real estate mogul Donald Trump were submitted during the event.
