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Who doesn't love The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade? And the balloons? The big ones shaped like favorite cartoon characters......Snoopy, Donald Duck, Bullwinkle, Popeye, Mickey Mouse and Betty Boop. How about a handful of old Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade pictures to make you dream of them. The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has been an annual event…

Vintage. Retro. Awesome. Weird.

New York "crowds are still the same, but there’s a lot more police here,” one attendee says.

Part 2 covers the years from 1972 to 1990. What begin in 1920s as a modest parade has by 1972 become huge, gigantic even. When we end this part in 1990, it has become a national tradition, no longer just attended by people in and near the New York area, but televised and watched by millions, as well as smaller parades in other cities.

Thanks to the Pilgrims we have Thanksgiving balloons. Thanks to Thanksgiving we have yet another way to promote the capitalist system. Just sayin’. . . …

Getting ready for the holiday season? USA TODAY has you covered with the ultimate holiday guide for finding the best gifts, recipes, and more!

Starting with the fact that it's not the world's oldest Thanksgiving Day Parade. That honor would belong to Philadelphia.

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Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade from the 1930s

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