Santa Claus arrived to wrap up the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City Thursday afternoon, officially kicking off the Christmas season.
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City officials have said there are no known, credible threats against NY following the recent attacks in Paris and a video purportedly produced by ISIS that contained video clips of Times Square.
More than 2,500 New York City police offers were on parade duty.
As for Carey, after performing at the parade the 45-year-old reunited with ex Nick Cannon and their children Moroccan and Monroe, four, for Thanksgiving dinner.
Globally, about 50 million people were expected to watch the televised parade. This year’s parade featured giant balloon characters like Paddington the bear, the Red Mighty Morphin Power Ranger, Skylanders Eruptor, Scrat from the movie Ice Age and classics like Snoopy and Woodstock.
Gossip Cop reports that due to the conditions outside, there usually is a backing track used for the various performances and sometimes it’s more noticeable than others.
New York City’s signature parade attracted a very big crowd in spite of terrorism fears, racial tensions and protests taking place all across the country.
The small town of Walton, Indiana, was overjoyed when students in the Lewis Cass High School Marching Kings band were selected for the first time to take part in this year’s parade.
The family was among tens of thousands of spectators who lined Woodward Avenue for America’s Thanksgiving Parade.
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He says it was exciting seeing all the people and balloons at the parade.
