I start up high at ten, end with a loud cheer, drop down like soft feathers, and happen only once a year. What am I?
A New Year countdown
This clue mixes counting backward with a pun on the word down. The descent from ten to one right before midnight describes a party countdown, while dropping like down plays on goose feathers used in soft pillows.
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