“This year, my whole family is together drinking hot chocolate and watching Snoopy!” Swarms of tourists and locals lined up early Thursday to ensure they have a good spot to watch the return of the parade. Last year, I just had a baby girl and we were home having a Thanksgiving Zoom,” Cabezas, 39, told The Post. “We finally have great weather on Thanksgiving. Idalisse Cabezas, a lifelong New Yorker, said this was the first time she’s seen the parade in person. Things are starting to look good in the greatest city in the world” “I miss having these types of events, people come to New York to see the parade. The “Boss Baby” balloon flies during the 95th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. “This is amazing!” said Adam Cumberbatch, 22, who was thrilled to see his favorite float, the purple Happy Hippo. When Baby Yoda and Smokey the Bear floated through the Upper West Side, young children stood on top of cars to scream in delight. Longtime classics like Snoopy, Spongebob and Papa Smurf graced New York’s skies once again but newcomers like Ada Twist, the scientist from the animated children’s Netflix series, and the beloved Baby Yoda from “The Mandalorian,” made their parade debuts. This is something that puts New York back on the map for the world to see.”
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Last year on Thanksgiving, we watched the parade on TV walking through Central Park and my grandma was on a ventilator in New Jersey, it was weird and miserable. “We love watching the dance performances. “We’re back baby,” said Upper East Side resident Lucy Pecker, 22.
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Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021: How to watch and stream, when it starts Locals armed with muffins, bagels and hot coffee flocked out to their stoops while small children stood on ladders and on the shoulders of their parents to get a good view. The holiday festival brought swarms of tourists and locals who lined up early Thursday to ensure they had a good spot to watch the performers, dancers and the 28 floats and 15 oversized balloons make their way through Manhattan. Skies were partly sunny with temperatures lingering in the high 40s and winds between zero and five mph after strong gusts in 2019’s parade led to a gutted Ronald McDonald balloon that had to be dragged from the street when a 3-inch gash in his leg prevented it from flying. 28 floats and 15 oversized balloons will make their way through Manhattan. While kids under 12 weren’t allowed to march in the parade this year, the spectacle was allowed to go on with few pandemic restrictions aside from a recommendation that paradegoers mask up and a requirement that all marchers be vaccinated. Last year, the route was trimmed to a single block due to pandemic precautions, which also barred spectators from turning up to watch. “New York hasn’t lost its magic! Goodbye COVID, and hello baby Yoda!” from Central Park West and 77th Street and will cover its traditional two-and-a-half mile route through Midtown.
I would never imagine I’d be out here again with my three children and sister who flew into the city yesterday from Los Angeles,” Upper West Side resident Lauren Weinstein Kessler, 42, told The Post from her viewpoint at 76th Street and Central Park West. Last year, I was sick in bed with COVID watching the scaled down parade on TV. “We feel like it’s 2019, the good old days before the city became the epicenter of a global pandemic. from Central Park West and 77th Street to cheers of eager spectators as it embarked on its traditional two-and-a-half mile trek south through Midtown, signaling the official start to the holiday season. The famed celebration kicked off at 9 a.m. The iconic float and many others returned to the Big Apple skies Thursday for the 95th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade - after COVID-19 forced the celebration to go virtual last year. ‘No credible threats’ ahead of Thanksgiving Day Parade, de Blasio says Out with the COVID, in with the crowds! Why I’m thankful for Big Apple clog heaven
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