For this Thanksgiving, Macy’s prepared a balloon parade for the streets of New York. It was planned at 8:30 to run from Manhattan’s Upper West Side to Macy’s Herald Square flagship store on 34th Street. About 100 balloon technicians and volunteers worked on Wednesday. It takes about 8 hours to officially prepare one.

The process might be gradual but many civilians were excited for this parade. 

On that day it was a little bit gusty so for safety they landed once only and the balloons were flying a little bit lower than usual. Many civilians were happy with the results of the balloon parade.

New floats this year include a Pop Mart entry, with the ubiquitous figure Labubu, as well as Skullpanda, Peach Riot, Dimoo, Molly, Duckoo and Mokoko. A star-studded lineup of performers — including Cynthia EriVo, Conan Gray, Lainey Wilson and Audrey Nuna, EJAE and Rei Ami of HUNTR/X, the fictional girl group at the heart of “KPop Demon Hunters” — will be sprinkled throughout the show, along with a slew of marching bands, Broadway cast members and others. As is traditional, the Radio City Rockettes are expected.