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History of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

By NYPDBLUE

  • First Parade

    First Parade
    The first parade was known as the Macy's Christmas Parade. It included floats pulled by horses , camels, donkey, elephants and goats from central park zoo and of course Santa Claus.

  • Balloons

    Balloons
    In 1927, the zoo animals were replaced by the gigantic balloons. The first balloons included cartoon characters like Felix the Cat.

  • Miracle on 34th Street

    Miracle on 34th Street
    The 1947 film "Miracle on 34th Street" used footage from the actual 1946 Macy's Day Parade

  • Floats

    Floats
    Floats became spectacular in 1969 The reason for this is a person called Manfred Bass started to create the floats and he made them longer and higher.

  • Cat in the Hat crashes into a lamp post

    Cat in the Hat crashes into a lamp post
    In 1997, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani appointed a 12-member task force to review an incident where a Cat in the Hat balloon crashed into a lamp post.

  • Thanksgiving Day Parade

    Thanksgiving Day Parade
    I went to the parade with my Mom and her friend from London. We had a lot of fun. My favorite balloon was Elf on the Shelf.