US celebrates thanksgiving with spectacular parade
Millions of Americans across the country marked Thanksgiving Day with lots of turkey, football, parades and early shopping, while many overcame nasty weather, power outages and even being buried in the snow.- New balloons in the 2014 parade include a holiday Pikachu, Paddington Bear, Thomas the Tank Engine, Skylanders and a giant red Power Ranger.
- The parade which began on Central Park West at West 77th Street, headed south around the park to Sixth Avenue, before finally arriving in front of the famous Macy's on 34th Street.
- Some of the stores open for at least part of the holiday included Kmart, Target, Sears, Macy's and Wal-Mart.
- To the delight of some and consternation of others, it's increasingly become commonplace to see stores open on Thanksgiving, as retailers try to entice shoppers inside and kick off the holiday shopping season a day earlier than the traditional Black
- The parents of two New York boys who went missing for several hours gave thanks Thursday morning after the boys were found buried in snow but alive. Officials say a plow operator moving snow in a Newburgh parking lot didn't realize the boys had been
- Power outages from a major snowstorm forced some in the Northeast to celebrate Thanksgiving much like the pilgrims and Native Americans did almost 400 years ago — in the dark. The outages were particularly bad in northern New England, where about
- Protests in New York have remained peaceful since the grand jury's decision. The streets of Ferguson were calm with the arrival of the holiday, in contrast to sometimes violent protests that occurred earlier in the week.
- In New York City, seven people protesting a grand jury's decision not to indict a white police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, were arrested after they tried to march toward the parade route, police
- The first family feasted on thyme-roasted turkey and honey-baked ham, cornbread stuffing and oyster stuffing, braised winter greens and macaroni and cheese. Don't forget the green bean casserole, sweet potato gratin, mashed potatoes, dinner rolls
- President Barack Obama spent a quiet Thanksgiving at the White House, where the belly-stuffing menu featured all the holiday's basics. He also continued a tradition of telephoning members of the armed forces to thank them for their service.
- "This is great. It's nice to feel so festive for the holidays," she said as she took pictures, waved and shouted encouragement to parade participants. Shannon Hampton, a Lakeland, Florida, resident celebrating her 18th birthday with a friend, said
- Before the parade was over, snow flurries had replaced drizzle as thousands of people discovered they could get no closer than a long block away from the colorful spectacle. "My favorite part has to be the balloons because they are so much bigger in
- Heavy security including bomb-sniffing dogs and police helicopters protected spectators of all ages who lined the route of the nationally televised Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, which counted Thomas the Tank Engine, Paddington bear and the Red
Millions of Americans across the country marked Thanksgiving Day with lots of turkey, football, parades and early shopping, while many overcame nasty weather, power outages and even being buried in the snow.
US celebrates thanksgiving with spectacular parade
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