The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will take place this November despite the coronavirus pandemic. But it remains unclear if it will be the typical three-hour Bird Day extravaganza that New York City has hosted every November for the past 93 years.
Based on the event’s website, statements from the company and quotes from New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, it is safe to say that it will be different than any parade ever.
“For more than 90 years, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has kicked off the holiday season with her signature spectacular performance, making it one of the most beloved events in the world,” reads a statement on the event’s website. “After our successful, safe and innovative production of Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks, it is our intention to reimagine Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on the same November. Stay tuned for more details later this fall. ”
Macy’s Macy’s fireworks show presented a week of fireworks in each township and a grand finale atop the Empire State Building. That could provide some sort of blueprint for what the parade might look like.
“We are currently working with our partners in the City of New York to redesign the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in a manner similar to how we successfully and safely produced Macy’s Fireworks this year,” Orlando Veras, CEO of Macy Inc. of national media relations told CNN.
de Blasio was asked about the incident at a press conference on Thursday and said “everything will be different.”
“Some will be virtual, there may be some small personal pieces, pieces scattered, it will obviously not look like how we are used to,” Blasio added. “But the important thing is that the traditions are preserved in some way.”
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade began in 1924, making it the second-oldest Thanksgiving Day parade in the United States, behind only America’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in Detroit, which began in 1920.
It typically takes place from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Thanksgiving, with the route running through Manhattan and ending outside Macy’s Herald Square in Midtown. The event has been on national television on NBC since 1953, and is known for its massive balloons featuring popular characters such as Snoopy and Spider-Man.
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