I love traditions and one of my all-time favorites is watching the Macy's parade while preparing our Thanksgiving dinner. For me, the holiday season begins right here in my kitchen amid the pageantry, the floats, balloons, marching bands, dance troupes, stars. Here are some facts you should know and some just for fun:1. Tune in at 9am on NBC, unless you are lucky enough to be there in person.
2. They have a new route this year - 7th Ave instead of Broadway.
3. Imagine 3.5 millions in the streets and another 50 million home viewers.
4. Floats are designed in a former tootsie roll factory in New Jersey.
5. During a downpour in 1957, Popeye's cap filled with water, forcing him to veer off course and dump water on the spectators.This year, I have a major conflict. I'm in Wisconsin where the Packers rule and they are playing smack dab in the middle of my big tradition. What a dilemma!
But I'm not going to let them rain on my parade.
I'll be running from kitchen to family room to see what's happening with them. But my first priority has to be the Macy's parade.
Good thing we have more than one television.
What are you doing for Thanksgiving?
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One of my traditions is to watch the Dallas Cowboy game and work on a crossstitch project. I'll be watching with my dad, since my parents will be at our house this year. We both hope they win! (My husband will root for the other team just to try and aggravate us!)
I'll be hanging with my kids, watching football, and cooking for myself.
I'll be watching the parade and then heading to relatives for dinner.
We are having family over for lunch/dinner and then we are headed over to my brother's house for a big dessert feast! Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
I was smack dab in the middle of family---all four daughters, grandchildren, and other assorted relatives and in-laws. Ahhhh, the noise of everyone talking at once. Music to my ears. Boy, I missed that the last six years. Now, we'll just have to make this a regular thing. Too much fun.
We spent Thanksgiving in NYC in 2006 and considered going to the parade. But when I researched it, the info was that if you weren't staying in a hotel with a balcony on the parade route (we weren't), you needed to get there at 4 am to get a good spot. We passed. But I love watching it on tv!
This year we went to Costa Rica for Thanksgiving. It was amazing.
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