Yes, The Macy’s Parade Is Still Happening This Year — But It’ll Be A Bit Different

For just shy of a century, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City has been synonymous with the holiday. (Thanksgiving Day football games, a close second, started a decade later in 1934.)

But this year will be unlike any other. With coronavirus cases spiking across the country, the department store will hold a modified version of the parade.

Every year, thousands of spectators flock to the parade to see the towering balloons, decorative floats, acrobats, performers and more as they make their way down the 2.5-mile stretch of Midtown. But this year, Macy’s had to work with city and state officials to have a parade at all, according to the parade website.