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November 26, 2021 17 mins

Welcome to our first Minisode of Wait, What? Why! The podcast that ponders why we do the things that we do! For this episode, husband and wife duo, Nicole and Dennis, discuss the origins behind the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. 


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Sources

https://www.history.com/news/the-first-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade


https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/holidays-other/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade1.htm


https://www.6sqft.com/a-nyc-tradition-the-history-of-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/


https://www.nypl.org/blog/2018/11/18/thanksgiving-traditions-new-york-city-parade-balloons


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