Origins Of Macy S Thanksgiving Day Parade

Nearly a decade has passed since my first post on the macy s thanksgiving day parade a look at the coffee table book america s parade.

Origins of macy s thanksgiving day parade. The macy s thanksgiving day parade has been marching since 1924. Since its inception in 1924 the macy s thanksgiving day parade has become as much of an american holiday pastime as turkey dinner pumpkin pie family time football and holiday movies. The history of the macy s thanksgiving day parade.

Based department store chain macy s the parade started in 1924 tying it for the second oldest thanksgiving parade in the united states with america s thanksgiving parade in detroit with both parades being four years younger than philadelphia s thanksgiving day parade. In celebration employees organized a christmas parade in 1924 featuring floats bands animals from the zoo and 10 000 onlookers according to a macy s history page. Each year more than 50 million tv viewers joined by 3 5 million people in new york city tune in for this beloved event through manhattan.

Since 1924 the macy s thanksgiving parade has been the official kick off to the holiday season. This year since new yorkers and their visitors can t attend the parade in person even if they wanted to i thought i would write an article on its. In 2020 the parade will take place with no audience and will air on nbc and telemundo on thursday november 26 from 9 am to 12 pm in all time zones.

The annual macy s thanksgiving day parade in new york city the world s largest parade is presented by the u s. It also started way up at. The 2020 macy s parade will feature a mix of the event s traditional giant character balloons animated.