New York City ? Times Square revelers will greet the new year amid a blizzard of 7,000 pounds of confetti – three times the usual amount, event organizers said.

A hundred confetti-tossers will hurl the more than 3 tons of shredded paper from 11 buildings during a five-hour celebration leading up to midnight.

And this year, the party paper will be inscribed with such goodwill messages as “peace,” “celebrate” and “dance,” according to event coordinator Treb Heining.

“The word-fetti thing is kind of fun,” said Tim Tompkins, president of the Times Square Alliance. “They grow out of the larger New Year’s Eve themes of celebration, reflection and renewal.”