Snoopy, Bluey Set To Wag Tails In The Skies At 2024 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Beagle Scout Snoopy balloon is prepared during the 2024 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon Inflation on the Eve of the parade in New York, November 27, 2024.The annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City started in 1924.
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CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)TIMOTHY A.CLARY via Getty ImagesNEW YORK (AP) — A century after the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the annual holiday tradition kicks off Thursday in New York City with new Spider-Man and Minnie Mouse balloons, zoo and pasta-themed floats, performances from Jennifer Hudson and Idina Menzel, and more.This year’s star-studded lineup is a far cry from the parade’s initial incarnation, which featured floats showing scenes from Mother Goose, Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, Miss Muffet and the Spider, and other fairy tales.Advertisement Some things remain the same, though.
As in 1924, there will be plenty of marching bands and lots of clowns, followed by the grand finale of Santa Claus riding through Manhattan and ushering in the holiday season.This year’s parade features 17 giant, helium-filled character balloons, 22 floats, 15 novelty and heritage inflatables, 11 marching bands, 700 clowns, 10 performance groups, award-winning singers and actors, and the WNBA champion New York Liberty.A person inflates a float of Goku in preparation for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Wednesday, Nov.27, 2024, in New York.
(AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)via Associated PressA man looks up at floats being prepared for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Wednesday, Nov.27, 2024.
(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)via Associated PressAdvertisement One new float will spotlight the Rao’s food brand, featuring a knight and a dragon in battle made with actual pasta elements.Another will celebrate the Bronx Zoo’s 125th anniversary with representations of a tiger, a giraffe, a zebra and a gorilla.“The work that we do, the opportunity to impact million...