Macy's Thanksgiving Parade 2009
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A float representing the animated character Shrek is heads east on 42nd Street along the new route of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 26, 2009, in Manhattan.
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The Kermit the Frog balloon makes the turn at the corner of 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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American Idol runner-up Katherine McPhee waves from a float as it is guided across Central Park South during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Miss America Katie Stam waves from a float as it is guided across Central Park South during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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A child watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade gets a high five from a Statue of Liberty character on in Manhattan. (Nov. 26, 2009)
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The Spiderman float is guided across Central Park South at the start of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009, in Manhattan.
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The Buzz Lightyear float is guided across Central Park South at the start of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009 in Manhattan.
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The Dora the Explorer float is guided across Central Park South at the start of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009 in Manhattan.
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The Pikachu balloon floats over the crowd that turned out for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in Manhattan on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009.
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The Abby Cadabby balloon floats along the route of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009.
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The Spider-Man balloon floats above the crowd during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in Manhattan onThursday, Nov. 26, 2009.
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Parade workers coordinate their plans as the Spider-Man float is inflated on Central Park West on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 in preparation for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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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)
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Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons are tested in a parking lot at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, NJ. (Nov. 7, 2009)
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