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Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade gets a new route

Originally published: November 20, 2009 12:30 PM
Updated: November 20, 2009 2:13 PM
By JIM MERRITT  Special to Newsday

Quick ReadThe 83rd annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade gets a new route, introduces four balloon giants and floats a number of freshly minted celebrities.

Photo credit: Timothy Fadek | The Spider-Man balloon returns to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this year. It is being tested here in a parking lot in Rutherford, N.J. (Nov. 7, 2009)

The 83rd annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade puts Santa in a new souped-up sleigh, introduces four balloon giants and floats a number of freshly minted celebrities. Here are the highlights and changes to a spectacle that is as much a part of the day of feasting as college football and the stuffed bird.

>>See photos of the new balloons

>>See photos from the 2008 Macy's Thanksgiving...