{"id":131164,"date":"2024-11-28T21:20:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T14:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131164"},"modified":"2024-11-28T21:20:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T14:20:50","slug":"how-the-largely-immigrant-founded-macys-thanksgiving-parade-became-a-national-symbol-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131164","title":{"rendered":"How the largely immigrant-founded Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving parade became a national symbol | New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">It was a sight to behold: elephants marching through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/new-york\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">New York City<\/a> streets, thousands of spectators crushed four and five deep on the sidewalks hoping to get a glimpse of the creatures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/thanksgiving\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Thanksgiving<\/a> Day 1924, and the elephants \u2013 accompanied by bears, monkeys, tigers, camels, donkeys and lions \u2013 were residents of the Central Park zoo, trotted out for a brand-new parade, sponsored by the department store Macy\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The parade, which also featured clowns, festive nursery-rhyme themed floats and Santa Claus himself, was such a spectacular hit that the store decided to hold the parade annually. That\u2019s how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/gallery\/2023\/nov\/23\/thanksgiving-day-parade-new-york-in-pictures\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day parade<\/a>, now often called \u201cAmerica\u2019s parade\u201d, started 100 years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">But the parade wasn\u2019t only a publicity or marketing stunt. The parade was started by employees of the store, many of whom were first-generation immigrants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cMost of them were European immigrants who wanted to celebrate American <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/thanksgiving\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Thanksgiving<\/a> with a European parade tradition,\u201d Valerie Paley, senior vice-president at the New-York Historical Society. \u201cThe first parade \u2026 it just had a kind of festive, but very homegrown, Macy\u2019s aspect to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Will Coss, the current executive producer of the Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day parade, told the Guardian<em> <\/em>that he thinks of the parade as \u201ca gift to America by Macy\u2019s colleagues\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Originally called the Macy\u2019s Christmas parade, to mark the start of the season, it was also much longer than today\u2019s 2.5-mile (4km) stretch. In early years, the animals, employees and clowns marched all the way from 145th Street down to 34th Street.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"02bf7b36-7b24-44bd-83b0-d10ff59329b3\" data-spacefinder-role=\"showcase\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-5h0uf4\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1pvqcrw\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">The Balloonatics float, 1926, inspired the creation of the character balloons.<\/span> Photograph: Macy\u2019s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">After only three years, \u201cthey decided to get rid of the zoo animal idea because evidently the tigers and lions scared the children!\u201d Paley told the Guardian with a laugh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Instead, they were replaced with animal-shaped \u201cupside-down marionettes inflated with air and carried on sticks\u201d, described Coss. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t until 1929, the sixth parade, when helium-filled balloons were first introduced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Then started a new tradition: after the parade was over, organizers would simply release the balloons into the sky with a Macy\u2019s return address label sewed into it. Anyone intrepid enough to find one and return it would win a prize.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">But the plan had consequences. In 1932, a 22-year-old pilot almost died and killed a passenger when, after the parade, she attempted to catch a cat-shaped balloon 5,000ft in the air.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThe desire to behead one of the huge helium-filled \u2018beasts\u2019 released \u2026 prompted Miss Annette Gibson to dive her plane toward the grotesque-shaped balloon,\u201d reported a UP wire report published soon after. \u201cThe balloon twisted under the impact and wound itself around the plane\u2019s wing. The ship was thrown into a tail spin and shot toward the earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The passenger, her flight instructor, managed to take control of the plane and avoid a crash, saving both their lives. That would be the last year Macy\u2019s offered a reward for collected balloons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The parade continued annually until 1942, when it was canceled out of respect for the second world war.<\/p>\n<figure data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.NewsletterSignupBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"#EmailSignup-skip-link-15\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"newsletter promotion\" class=\"dcr-av5vqf\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1xjndtj\">Get the most important US headlines and highlights emailed direct to you every morning<\/p>\n<p><gu-island name=\"SecureSignup\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;newsletterId&quot;:&quot;today-us&quot;,&quot;successDescription&quot;:&quot;Get the most important US headlines and highlights emailed direct to you every morning&quot;}\"\/><span class=\"dcr-1eusqlu\"><strong>Privacy Notice: <\/strong>Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Privacy Policy<\/a>. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/span><\/aside>\n<p id=\"EmailSignup-skip-link-15\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"after newsletter promotion\" role=\"note\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure id=\"0d4055a3-64b4-4372-ba6c-ce0b26013397\" data-spacefinder-role=\"showcase\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-5h0uf4\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1pvqcrw\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Tom Turkey appears during the 97th Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day parade on 23 November 2023 in New York City.<\/span> Photograph: Eugene Gologursky\/Getty Images for Macy\u2019s, Inc.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThe Macy\u2019s president, Jack Straus, in 1942 made the announcement that the parade would be canceled during wartime,\u201d Paley said. \u201cThe mayor was at his side and Straus deflated the parade\u2019s Green Dragon balloon and donated the rubber to the US military. So all told, Macy\u2019s donated approximately 650lbs of balloon rubber to the fight, and that was only fitting during war time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The parade resumed in 1945. But those lost years meant that even though this year is the 100th anniversary of the parade, it will only be the 98th parade to take place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Other less-than-joyous moments in the parade\u2019s 100-year history included 1963\u2019s parade, which took place just four days after President John F Kennedy\u2019s assassination. Even amid national mourning, the parade still went on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cMacy\u2019s decided that its cancellation would be a disappointment to millions of children,\u201d reported the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/new-york\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">New York<\/a> Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Though, Paley noted, \u201cthe parade floats were draped in black\u201d that year \u201cjust to acknowledge the passing of the president\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">This year, an estimated 3.5 million people will watch the parade in person and a stunning 30 million are expected to watch on television, turning what was once a small immigrant-founded parade into a national sensation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cEveryone tunes in,\u201d Paley said. \u201cIt has a kind of universal quality \u2026 It becomes a kind of national symbol of the beginning of the holiday.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/28\/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-100-years-history\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a sight to behold: elephants marching through New York City streets, thousands of spectators crushed four and five deep on the sidewalks hoping to get a glimpse of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131164\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}