Thousands gather for Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Hundreds of thousands of people converged on downtown Manhattan in order to enjoy the sights and sounds of the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
According to Macy's website, this is the 88th iteration of the parade, which started in 1984. It features marching bands, enormous inflatable balloons, and dancing and singing performances. An estimated 3.5 million people attend the parade in person, while another 50 million Americans throughout the country gather together with family to watch on television.
NBC says that 8,000 people in total will participated in the parade.
As the parade kicked into gear, people began to share images of the festivities on social media.
At the parade! And here in support of #NLEAFCF pic.twitter.com/RcEoKDQ85v
— Andrew W. Marlowe (@AndrewWMarlowe) November 27, 2014
Who's watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade? Which float is your favorite? pic.twitter.com/TIzyLjeems — Influenster (@Influenster) November 27, 2014
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is underway. @amandafarinacci reports from the route: https://t.co/4B4JLqBCgg pic.twitter.com/lE6YlJEoRP
— NY1 News (@NY1) November 27, 2014
It’s a bird, it’s a plane… It’s @Woodstock and @Snoopy! #MacysParade pic.twitter.com/6PgfBqdksZ — Macy's (@Macys) November 27, 2014
And some special guests #Kiss #MacysThanksgivingDayParade @NY1 pic.twitter.com/fKWJGuHJVr
— Amanda Farinacci (@amandafarinacci) November 27, 2014
Some cool characters in this years parade #macysthanksgivingdayparade @NY1 pic.twitter.com/4Vf6rtmlIL — Amanda Farinacci (@amandafarinacci) November 27, 2014
#Beasters! How good are @iambeckyg and Dora right now?? #CantStopDancin #MacysParade @Nickjr pic.twitter.com/po5GseFEth
— Macy's (@Macys) November 27, 2014
