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Is it really a "Happy Thanksgiving!" if you haven't tuned into Macy's annual Thanksgiving Day Parade? The over-the-top procession, which guarantees gigantic balloons, top-tier entertainment and lots ...

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The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade unites generations, encouraging revelers to count their blessings as floating odes to commerce and media fill the wintry sky. Since its start in 1924, the parade has ...