Parade Route Sign, Thanksgiving Parade, Midtown, Manhattan

Boys 2 Men, Thanksgiving Parade, Midtown, Manhattan

Ronald McDonald Float, Thanksgiving Parade, Midtown, Manhattan

Usher, Thanksgiving Parade, Midtown, Manhattan

Curious George Float, Thanksgiving Parade, Midtown, Manhattan

Snoopy Float, Thanksgiving Parade, Midtown, Manhattan

Snoopy Float, Thanksgiving Parade, Midtown, Manhattan

Willard Scott, Thanksgiving Parade, Midtown, Manhattan

Happy Thanksgiving! I saw the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. It went by on Broadway, 2 blocks from my house. Some parade things I’ve learned:

• The night before the parade there is the "Big Balloon Blow-Up". You can go and see the giant balloons being inflated with helium. They put nets over them that are weighted down with sandbags. The balloons are enormous up close!
• If you don’t want to learn to love hot coffee you should buy a hat, scarf and gloves before you go to see the parade. You’re going to be standing in 40-degree weather for 4 – 5 hours.
• The parade starts at 77th Street and goes south down Central Park West and Broadway to 34th Street, where the Macy’s store is. That’s a long walk.
• The Ronald McDonald balloon had a hole in it. In the arm. Not to worry, it seemed as though the balloons had several chambers so that if it was torn the entire balloon wouldn’t deflate.
• I was watching the parade on Broadway between 49th and 50th. Sometimes the people directing and holding the ropes for the balloons would run through the intersection. A guy behind me said that it was because of crosswinds. I don’t know if that’s true or not.
• The most cheers:
  – Mayor Giuliani
  – FDNY/NYPD
  – The pooper scoopers who followed the horses
• My favorite celebrity in the parade: USHER!

Thanksgiving Dinner, Thanksgiving Parade, Midtown, Manhattan

I talked to Mom, Dad, Dick, Steph, Mark, AJ and Jeremy and got email from Nick (you all made me happy!) and then later on I ordered in Thanksgiving dinner and watched the Green Mile.

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