Meghan Simonette, who volunteered as a balloon handler in the 2023 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, details when the arm of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid balloon hit a tree before the parade kicked off “It ...

The holiday season really kicks off when the massive helium balloons start floating through New York. For the third year in a row, Thursday's parade starts at 8:30 a.m. ET (instead of 9 a.m.) and will ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Giant balloons got into shape Wednesday for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade as crews inflated the giant characters on the streets of New York City. The parade kicks off Thursday ...

Simonette says, though she felt prepared as a balloon handler, balloon handler training doesn’t include navigating around trees and other city infrastructure For nearly a century, the streets and ...

Some of the most iconic characters in popular culture have assembled in Manhattan for the 2025 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, including five new balloons making their debut. (Other smaller balloons ...

The iconic balloons for the 2025 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade are coming to life in New York City. The annual balloon inflation celebration was held Wednesday on Manhattan's Upper West Side, ahead ...

Macy’s was not the first company to throw a Thanksgiving Day parade George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty From turkey to football, there are some things you can always count on during a Thanksgiving ...

The Thanksgiving Day holiday traditionally brings with it parades and balloons — really big balloons that scrape the skyline in cities like New York or Detroit. Someone has to keep those helium-filled ...

New York looked different at 5:30 in the morning. The sky was just starting to lift, the streets were quiet in a way the city rarely allows, and everything felt tinged with my favorite ...

Otis, Kansas, produces and ships helium used to inflate Macy’s parade balloons. Messer plant cools, compresses and liquefies gas used to fill more than 30 balloons. Otis plant has supplied Macy’s ...