On November 27, 1997, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade became infamous for those who witnessed the chaos firsthand, thanks to a perfect storm of comically oversized balloons, brutal winds, and ...

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As the 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade rolled through New York on 27 November 2025, nostalgia mingled with unease. Many recalled the infamous 1997 incident involving the giant Barney the ...

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is a staple of the November holiday—but one year it all went horribly wrong. Known for its gigantic balloons of beloved children's characters, including Kermit the Frog, ...

Meghan Simonett, who volunteered as a balloon handler in 2023, details the arm of the ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ balloon hitting a tree before the parade kicked off Meghan Simonette; Gotham/GC Images ...

Kicking off Thanksgiving Day for the 99th time, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will wind its way through the streets of Manhattan with its blend of floats, bands, Santa Claus and the ...

Once you see which zodiac sign matches each float, you’ll never watch the parade the same way again Getty Are you ready to kick off the holiday season? It’s that time of the year again, when the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 28: The Barney balloon is carried past Macy's department store during the 76th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day ...

NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty; Evy Mages/NY Daily News Archive via Getty; Visions of America LLC/Corbis via Getty Sonic the Hedgehog; The Cat in the Hat; Raggedy Ann The Macy's Thanksgiving ...

On November 27, 1997, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade became infamous for those who witnessed the chaos firsthand, thanks to a perfect storm of comically oversized balloons, brutal winds, and ...