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The first parade was known as the Macy's Christmas Parade. It included floats pulled by horses , camels, donkey, elephants and goats from central park zoo and of course Santa Claus.
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In 1927, the zoo animals were replaced by the gigantic balloons. The first balloons included cartoon characters like Felix the Cat.
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The 1947 film "Miracle on 34th Street" used footage from the actual 1946 Macy's Day Parade
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Floats became spectacular in 1969 The reason for this is a person called Manfred Bass started to create the floats and he made them longer and higher.
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In 1997, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani appointed a 12-member task force to review an incident where a Cat in the Hat balloon crashed into a lamp post.
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I went to the parade with my Mom and her friend from London. We had a lot of fun. My favorite balloon was Elf on the Shelf.
