Millions flock to Thanksgiving parade
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Millions of spectators lined the streets of Manhattan, New York, Thursday morning for the 83rd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
"We've been wanting to see this parade for years, and we finally made it," said Jacquesa de Villepin, a tourist from France, with his twin preschool daughters and wife standing around him.
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A Spiderman balloon passes through Times Square during the 83rd Macy's Thanksgiving parade in New York, the U.S., Nov. 26, 2009. [Shen Hong/Xinhua] |
"My kids shrieked and shouted so happily when they saw the familiar cartoon faces passing by," he said. "My wife and I enjoyed the parade as well."
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual parade presented by Macy's, one of the world's largest department stores that produces the annual event, a well known parade which has been held on the streets of New York City annually since 1924.
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A Buzz Lightyear balloon marches during the 83rd Macy's Thanksgiving parade in New York, the US, Nov. 26, 2009. [Shen Hong/Xinhua] |
The route is slightly longer this year which organizers say allowed for more spectators.
Children and adults alike from across the world, particularly from Europe, lined up Wednesday night near the Museum of Natural History to see Snoopy, Sponge Bob, and dozens of other characters take shape.
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