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Thanksgiving Day Parade
By Cindy Grigg |
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1 What do you do on Thanksgiving morning? You might watch Macy's Parade. It is in New York City. This parade has hot air balloons. Snoopy will be there. You might see Dora. Kermit will be there. You might see Buzz or Shrek. There are giant floats. There are funny clowns. There are marching bands, too. The parade route is two miles long. Every year, about three million people are there. They watch it live. More than forty million Americans see it on TV. This parade began in 1924. There were no balloons or floats that year. It had live animals from the zoo. In 1969, the first floats were made. They are built in New Jersey. Some of them may be forty .....