“I’m not planning on going to the Thanksgiving Parade, I mean that’s just easy to avoid”.
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CBS coverage of the 89th edition of the parade will air from 9 a.m. until noon on WKYT.
Approximately 3.5 million spectators in NYC and more than 50 million television viewers nationwide see the Macy’s Parade each year, marking the official start of the holiday season. 18, 2015, that thousands of police officers would be on hand to patrol the route of the 2015 parade on Thanksgiving day and he has “no concerns about security”. In fact, more than year-round.
For some, Thanksgiving is all about pilgrims, parades and football, but for others, it’s all about the parades. “But it’s just been over the past week or so that we’ve really gone into overdrive”. These include the Cranberry Cooperative (sponsored by Ocean Spray), Discover Adventure!
They took a cruise to visit the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
“We’re right before the float in the parade of the winter scene in Central Park”, Yozviak said. This year’s windows recreate six scenes from the Charlie Brown Christmas holiday special. Parents are encouraged to bring their children and family members. The section from 38th Street to Herald Square and Macy’s department store is the telecast area and closed to the public. A live stream of the parade will also be available on NBC.com. Yes, I know people think NY is big, overwhelming and that you may never want to visit. Animals were borrowed from the Central Park Zoo, bands played and marchers wore different costumes.
Matthews recently traveled to South Dakota with some co-workers for the inaugural flight of the participating parade balloons. People come into the city to celebrate and have a nice time, but some will try to come in to disrupt the peace and make mischief.
The NYPD as well as the federal government are keeping a close eye on the Thanksgiving Day Parade.
After arriving in NY, they headed to New Jersey where they are staying for the week and will be paired with four roommates. “This is why – the Saturday before the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade – we have this 3 hour-long logistics meeting”.
Depending on how your experience goes, this may be the first of many great parade memories for you and/or your friends, or the last time you ever force yourself to stand in the freezing cold amidst hoards of strangers in hopes of seeing the Snoopy balloon.
When parade day finally rolls around, they’ll be polished and ready to dance under the big balloons.
“That’s all part of what makes working on this parade every year such a thrill”. “A month later I got my package in the mail and I was like, ‘Whoa, this is actually happening'”.
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Of course, there will also be the usual assortment of floats at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
