Crowds Cheer on New York Streets for Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

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The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade returned to the streets of New York City for the 96th time on Thursday, November 24.

The parade included 16 character balloons, 28 floats, 12 marching bands, and several music performers, according to organizers.

The parade, which included 5,000 volunteers, followed a 2.5-mile route from Manhattan’s Upper West Side to Herald Square and featured some new balloons, including Fox Sports’s Striker, the US Soccer Star. Credit: Darren Davidson via Storyful

Video Transcript

[CHEERS]

- Christmas. I love you [INAUDIBLE]

[CHEERS]

- He's taping us. What if I end up on the [INAUDIBLE]

- Yeah.

[NO SPEECH]

- Hey, turkey. Hey, little turkey.

[NO SPEECH]

- Whoa.

[CHEERS]

- Santa Claus.

- Santa Claus.

- Hello.

- What do you think, Dale?

- Santa Claus.

- [INAUDIBLE] Santa Claus. I knew he was real.

[NO SPEECH]

- Knew it.

[INAUDIBLE CHATTER]