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Santa Claus "passed triumphantly through the streets" of Manhattan in the first-ever Macy's parade - then known as the Macy's Christmas Parade - on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, 1924. (New York Daily News) A float depicting "Little Miss Muffet" takes part in the Macy's Christmas Parade on Thanksgiving Day in 1924. (Courtesy Macy's, Inc.)

Dancers, marching bands, and more attend the first day of rehearsals for the 2024 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024, at Macy’s Herald Square in New York City.

The annual tradition has been taking place in New York City for 100 years as of 2024. Learn more about the first-ever Macy’s parade.

The holiday season really kicks off when the massive helium balloons start floating through New York. Here's everything you need to know about this year's parade.

The parade's 2.5-mile route starts at West 77th Street and Central Park West on Manhattan's Upper West Side and follows this path: Spectators are encouraged to arrive at 6 a.m., especially those viewing from Central Park West. The parade and the parade telecast begins. Actress Alison Brie will kick off the parade.

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will be available to watch on NBC, Peacock, and Furbo. The parade will begin at 8:30 a.m. ET on the Upper West Side in Manhattan and finish around noon outside the Macy’s flagship store at 34th Street Herald Square. Additionally, there will be an encore show broadcast at 2 p.m.

Food, football and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade are Thanksgiving essentials and this year is no different. While the tradition began 100 years ago in 1924, the parade is not celebrating its 100th anniversary this year,