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Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade: Hudson Valley celebs, new balloons add to iconic event

Originally published: November 21, 2012 6:01 PM
Updated: November 21, 2012 6:51 PM
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Inflated balloons for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade

Photo credit: Getty Images | Inflated balloons for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade are covered with protected netting on Manhattan's Upper West Side. (Nov. 21, 2012)

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The helium heavies that will float through Manhattan

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Photos: 2011 Macy's Parade Members of the New York Police Department stand

Members of the New York Police Department stand

Photos: 2010 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

With a wide-ranging lineup that includes Jimmy Fallon, Whoopi Goldberg and Papa Smurf, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade will have something for just about everyone.

Fallon, who grew up in Saugerties, and his "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" house band, the Roots, again will be a part of the parade itself, this time aboard the Gibson guitar float, whose six oversized strings are made...

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