Inevitably, mistakes happen, Mother Nature intervenes, and balloons go off the prescribed path through New York.

Perhaps the most disastrous Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade occurred in 1997, when an accident involving a Cat in the Hat balloon resulted in multiple injuries, a $395 million lawsuit, and a mayoral ...

It was originally known as the Macy's Christmas Parade as an effort to give holiday sales a boost for the new Macy's store, according to the Library of Congress. On Nov. 27, 1924, the tradition began ...

Shaggy raised eyebrows this holiday season by including his 2000 song “It Wasn’t Me” in a medley of hits during the 99th Macy ...

Macy’s was not the first company to throw a Thanksgiving Day parade Alyssa Davis is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been at PEOPLE since 2025. Her work has previously appeared in outlets such ...