A Felix the Cat balloon and other parade floats and balloons are led down Broadway during the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade; ca. 1900s, Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, New York State, USA. (Photo by Underwood & Underwood/Corbis)

Sea serpent (surprise! it's only a big balloon!) swoops down on crowds watching thirteenth annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade on Broadway and 56th St. (Photo by Walter Kelleher/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

A not-too-ferocious dragon caught fancy of crowd at 1931 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. (Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

Helium-filled rubber space man, 70 feet tall, indicative of the latest adventure interest of America's kids, bobs along in 27th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, 1953. (Photo by Nick Sorrentino/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

The Bullwinkle balloon floats high above the crowd during the 1977 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. (Photo by NBCU Photo Bank)

A large outdoor float of Captain Nemo (?) makes its way down the street during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, on November 28, 1929. Originally known as the Macy's Christmas Parade, the Thanksgiving Day parade started in 1924. (Photo by AP Photo)

Might Mouse makes a spectacle of himself at Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, 1956. (Photo by Hal Mathewson/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

Mickey Mouse takes in Broadway's sights, including a crowd of more than a million, at the 55th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, 1981. (Photo by Harry Hamburg/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade passes down Broadway in New York on November 27, 1930. The parade's first giant balloons debuted in 1927. (Photo by AP Photo/File)

The Tin Man flies high in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, 1939. (Photo by Joe Costa/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

This soldier is marching straight at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, 1932. (Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

A helium inflated Superman rises over Times Square to lead the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1940. According to Macy's, in 1929, a newly added safety valve allowed helium to slowly seep out of the balloons as they floated above the city's streets. (Photo by AP Photo/File)

This is a photo of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Broadway in New York City on November 30, 1933. (Photo by AP Photo)

Part of the Thanksgiving Day Parade that officially brings Santa Claus into the Metropolis, New York, New York, late 1920s. The Fish Balloon is 35 feet long, while the Tiger Balloon is 60 feet long, and will be released as the parade nears its end on Broadway. They are filled with helium and will drift for a week, with a $100 prize awarded for each one recovered. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images)

This is a scene from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade along Broadway in New York City on November 30, 1933. (Photo by AP Photo)

This blind pig is not a speakeasy. He's coming from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, 1932. And don't let that perspective fool you. Mr. Pig is not really over Empire State Building. (Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

This was the scene at Times Square in New York during the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, November 23, 1945. It's the first parade since the festivities were suspended with the war in 1941.Here, the Teddy Bear passes a reproduction of the Statue of Liberty. (Photo by AP Photo)

A huge balloon in the form of comic fireman floats over Broadway during the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, November 25, 1948. (Photo by John Rooney/AP Photo)

It sure is a fine day for ducks, says Donald as he floats down the street in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, 1962. (Photo by Gordon Rynders/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

A giant baseball player float moves down 7th Avenue during the Macy' Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 28, 1946. (Photo by John Rooney/AP Photo)

Helium-filled Popeye balloon figure floats above some of the 1,300,000 persons watching the 33rd Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade pass through Times Square, New York, November 26, 1959. (Photo by AP Photo)

Comedian Jimmy Durante rides on a Jumbo the elephant float during the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City on November 22, 1962. (Photo by AP Photo)

A giant turkey float squeezes between buildings as the 31st annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade moves down Broadway near 37th Street in New York, November 28, 1957. (Photo by John Lindsay/AP Photo)

This giant Mickey Mouse balloon, shown tied to dirigible at Glendale, Calf., will be feature of Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, escorting Santa Claus into New York, 1934. Twenty-five men will be required to handle it. (Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

Empire State Building forms a background for this helium-filled clown floating along 34th Street in Macy Parade, 1945. (Photo by Art Whittaker/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

Balloons float down Broadway in thirteenth annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, 1937. Seven musical organizations, twenty-one floats and balloon units and 400 costumed marchers participated in this year's merry cavalcade. All doubt as the existence of Santa Claus was dispelled. He Was There! (Photo by Walter Kelleher/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

Huge helium-filled alligator is hauled through Times Square during Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, an annual affair, 1949. The parade drew an estimated 2,000,000 spectators, including a host of notables. (Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

With a dopey clown and the kind of hippo you see only in a hangover, Macy's annual Thanksgiving Day parade trundles down Central Park West, 1940. (Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

Popeye, the sailor, flexes his muscles as he gets ready to parade in Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, 1957. Popeye stands 56 feet tall, 32 feet wide and he's filled with 6,000 cubic feet of helium. Thirteen bands will provide music for march. (Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

Gulliver The Gullible was one of stars of Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, 1933. The man who peeps in eighth story windows scored hit all down the line. Here he is passing 98th Street and Broadway. (Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

Thanksgiving Day is the day when Americans traditionally pause to count their blessing, have a good turkey dinner, and then start looking forward to Christmas. One of the annual highspots is Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, 1961. The floats, bands and balloons set out from Central Park West at 77th Street, swung down Broadway and ended up at Macy's., Big-headed dragon sails over Columbus Circle. (Photo by Gordon Rynders/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

Workers fill Superman with helium for Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, 1966. (Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)