While I'm always tempted to bring up the dirty underbelly of most holidays, I'll try to spare discussing any of those in depth this time around, such as how Thanksgiving is genocide day for turkeys, or the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is basically a giant advertorial for early "nefariously insidious" indoctrination of children into mass consumerism. Ooooops, I did it again....! :D
The Thanksgiving Day parade wasn't always this consumer-oriented, and there was even a time when, as a kid, I was literally able to walk up to my favorite Sesame Street characters and say hello, and get a "ho ho ho" from Santa, just before he made his way on his reindeer-guided sleigh...
Now days, I'm afraid to leave the apartment once the barricades go up, as I've had enough run-ins with police over the years in the city (most often during the Thanksgiving Day parade or other similar events), where finicky police officers often seem to treat people as little more than cattle to "move along" as they see fit.
Get to the good stuff, will ya!
Well, I suppose I digressed a bit again, so I'll get right into sharing some of the cooler highlights of the parade, which includes a bird's eye view of the parade balloons, a bunch of which are filled every year the day before the parade on our very city block. It also turned out to be a beautiful sunny day for the parade, and only moderately chilly as well...
(the Angry Bird and the Sponge Bob with the Square Pants back-to-back, along with a beautiful view of the park on a lovely sunny November day)
(Dino the Dinosaur and the Pillsbury Dough Boy - notice how it took over 60 people to "safely" hold down the larger balloons in case of wind gusts and such)
(Here we've got "The Grinch who Stole Christmas", along with a reindeer in his hobo baggie)
(I call this one the "Hollywood Party Boy Balloon"...)
Apparently, the candy cane balloon ended up "popping" later on, perhaps cuz they tried stickin' it in places where it don't belong! lol
I hope you all enjoyed this "bird's eye" view of the 2017 NYC Thanksgiving Day Parade!
Wishing you all the best, along with a Happy Thanksgiving Holiday! 😁
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