Comments on: The Balloons in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade https://americacomesalive.com/the-balloons-in-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/ Quick Takes and Popular Postings about America's Past Fri, 29 Nov 2024 18:22:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kate Kelly https://americacomesalive.com/the-balloons-in-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/#comment-457392 Fri, 29 Nov 2024 18:22:05 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=8901#comment-457392 In reply to Sally Matheny.

I love this one, too. The history is just so unbelievable! Thanks for posting…

]]> By: Sally Matheny https://americacomesalive.com/the-balloons-in-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/#comment-457390 Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:46:14 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=8901#comment-457390 I love seeing the balloons in parades. Thanks for another entertaining and educational article!

]]> By: Kate Kelly https://americacomesalive.com/the-balloons-in-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/#comment-453425 Tue, 21 Nov 2023 17:16:08 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=8901#comment-453425 In reply to Dean Milinski.

Thank you for providing the link. Unfortunately I can’t copy and paste, but it describes the “human behemoth” as 21 feet tall. He could greet people looking out second-floor windows, but when he reached the elevated structure at 66th and Broadway (must have been the train line), he had to “crawl” beneath it.. There is no photo….and I’m puzzled as 21 feet is taller than a man on stilts, and no one on stilts could crawl without dismounting. If anyone has thoughts, let me know!
Kate

]]> By: Dean Milinski https://americacomesalive.com/the-balloons-in-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/#comment-453424 Tue, 21 Nov 2023 15:47:03 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=8901#comment-453424 Tom,
I performed a couple searches about the “human behemoth” quote and was led to a New York Times “TimesMachine” article dated November 25, 1927, Page 13… I don’t hold a subscription but here is the URL nonetheless.

https://www.nytimes.com/1927/11/25/archives/christmas-parade-staged-in-broadway-macys-annual-spectacle-for.html?smid=url-share

]]> By: Tom Costa https://americacomesalive.com/the-balloons-in-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/#comment-429738 Thu, 26 Nov 2020 13:02:12 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=8901#comment-429738 Wow!

]]> By: First Store Santa - America Comes Alive https://americacomesalive.com/the-balloons-in-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/#comment-364123 Thu, 20 Dec 2018 20:15:51 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=8901#comment-364123 […] was founded, but long before it hosted what was originally called the Christmas Parade. (The Thanksgiving Parade of today began in 1924 as a Christmas […]

]]> By: Thanksgiving: Becoming a National Holiday - America Comes Alive https://americacomesalive.com/the-balloons-in-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/#comment-332127 Sun, 26 Nov 2017 21:43:22 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=8901#comment-332127 […] have also written about the history of the big balloons in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The stories of the early days of the balloons are so amazing, that you’ll think I made them up! […]

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