{"id":1055605,"date":"2021-11-25T18:13:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T23:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1055605"},"modified":"2021-11-25T18:14:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T23:14:03","slug":"macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-returns-to-pre-pandemic-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-returns-to-pre-pandemic-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"Macy&#039;s Thanksgiving Day Parade Returns to Pre-Pandemic Glory"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmacys-thanksgiving-day-parade-returns-to-pre-pandemic-glory%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1055605&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/AP21329718837412-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">There were floats, there were balloons, there were Broadway musical numbers, there were crowds standing shoulder to shoulder; after a dismal 2020 showing, the Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade returned to its pre-pandemic glory Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">\u201cSpectators, shut out in 2020, lined the route again,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-health-lifestyle-manhattan-thanksgiving-cd6bcbaa848805a3116307ef4efd52dd\">hailed<\/a> the Associated Press. \u201cHigh school and college marching bands from around the country were invited back to the lineup; most of last year\u2019s performers were locally based to cut down on travel. The giant balloons, tethered to vehicles last year, got their costumed handlers back.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">Though the Thanksgiving Day Parade went forward as planned in 2020, the show was marked by a noticeable absence of cheering crowds, high school marching bands from around the country, and the 2.5-mile parade route. Here\u2019s how NBC New York <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/entertainment\/holidays\/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-2020-all-you-need-to-know\/2717253\/\">advertised<\/a> the event at the time:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"20\">\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">Although we are used to seeing the masses come together to see the grandiose balloons making their way down the Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade route, this year the celebration will be a bit different. The Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Parade will air nationwide as a television-only event with no audience on NBC and Telemundo on Thursday, Nov. 26 from 9 a.m. ET to 12 p.m. ET, in all time zones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">To safely bring the spectacle to millions nationwide during this unprecedented time, the annual production will be reimagined as a television-only event with no audience. This year the procession will forgo marching down the traditional 2.5-mile route in Manhattan in order to avoid gathering large crowds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">The parade\u2019s iconic balloons will not be anchored by human handlers this year but will instead be pulled by specially-designed vehicles driving in precision.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">In the days leading up to the Thanksgiving morning tradition, the parade organizers and New York City promised the show would return to its familiar format, with Mayor Bill de Blasio hailing it as a sign of the city\u2019s rebirth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">\u201cLast year was obviously symbolic. It wasn\u2019t everything we would have liked to see in a parade, but they kept it going,\u201d the mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/11\/25\/1059214087\/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-new-york-city\">said<\/a>&nbsp;Wednesday. \u201cThis year, the parade\u2019s back at full strength.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a great sign of our rebirth,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">The parade returning to its former glory did not, however, mean the coronavirus no longer loomed large over the event, as vaccinations and masks were required for parade staffers and volunteers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">\u201cParade staffers and volunteers&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lifestyle-health-new-york-manhattan-new-york-city-819cade1ab21f6f4b17460563b2224ab\">must be vaccinated against COVID-19 and wear masks<\/a>, though some singers and performers can shed them,\u201d NPR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/11\/25\/1059214087\/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-new-york-city\">noted<\/a>. \u201cThere\u2019s no inoculation requirement for spectators, but Macy\u2019s is encouraging them to cover their faces. A popular pre-parade spectacle \u2014 the inflation of the giant balloons \u2014 was limited to vaccinated viewers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">According to the <em>Daily Mail<\/em>, an estimated 2.5 million street spectators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10243085\/NYC-comes-roaring-spectacular-Macys-Thanksgiving-Day-parade.html\">lined<\/a> the parade route.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There were floats, there were balloons, there were Broadway musical numbers, there were crowds standing shoulder to shoulder; after a dismal 2020 showing, the Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade returned to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1055605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1055605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1055605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1055605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}