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Preparations Begin for Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
The 99th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade features 5,000 volunteers, 34 balloons, and celebrity performances by Lainey Wilson and Mickey Guyton, continuing a long holiday tradition.
- Country music superstar Lainey Wilson will perform in the 99th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 27 in New York City.
- At Macy's Parade headquarters, Moonachie, New Jersey, preparation begins 18 months ahead with ideation, 3D renderings, engineering plans, and wind testing before shop-floor construction in an 80,000 square foot warehouse.
- This year the parade features 34 balloons, 28 floats and 5,000 volunteers, including new floats Upside Down Invasion: Stranger Things, Brick-tastic Winter Mountain and Serta's Counting Sheep's Dream.
- Starting at 77th Street and Central Park West, viewers can watch on NBC, Peacock, or Telemundo as the 2.5-mile parade route ends at Macy's Herald Square, with the live broadcast from 8:30 a.m. EST to noon.
- Squeezing three-story floats through the Lincoln Tunnel requires breaking them into trailer-sized segments, while new armature and animatronics with hand-painted balloons enhance preparations for next year's 100th anniversary.
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NEW YORK (PIX11) -- Thanksgiving in New York -- or anywhere in America, really -- wouldn't be complete without the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, which celebrated its 99th run on Thursday. It's a longstanding tradition, but, according to its producers, part of its longevity is that it incorporates new and intriguing elements each year. This year was [...]
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