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Balloons, floats and police at Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade (Photos)

November 24, 2016, 7:18 AM

The SpongeBob Square Pants balloon moves down Sixth Avenue during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Bryan R. Smith)
AP Photo/Bryan R. Smith
Santa Claus waves to spectators along Central Park West during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
AP Photo/Craig Ruttle
The Ronald McDonald balloon floats over Central Park West during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
AP Photo/Craig Ruttle
The Charlie Brown balloon floats over Central Park West during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
AP Photo/Craig Ruttle
Heavily armed members of the NYPD stand on Central Park South before the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Bryan R. Smith)
AP Photo/Bryan R. Smith
Parade participants walk past New York City police officers during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
AP Photo/Craig Ruttle
Spectators lean over a barrier as a marching band approaches along Central Park South during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
AP Photo/Julie Jacobson
Spectators watch from balconies along Central Park South as the Pillsbury Doughboy balloon passes during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
AP Photo/Julie Jacobson
Members of the Hendrickson High School band from Pflugerville, Texas, march on Central Park West during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
AP Photo/Craig Ruttle
Cheerleaders make their way across Sixth Avenue during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, in New York, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
AP Photo/Andres Kudacki
The Skylanders Eruptor balloon floats above the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
AP Photo/Craig Ruttle
People sit at a window watching as the Elf on a Shelf balloon flies by during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
AP Photo/Julio Cortez
Spectators watching from an office building window wave as Santa Claus passes along Sixth Avenue during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
AP Photo/Julie Jacobson
Santa Claus waves from his float as he passes along Sixth Avenue during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Santa Claus waves from his float as he passes along Sixth Avenue during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
AP Photo/Julie Jacobson
A performer carries balloons across Sixth Avenue during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, in New York, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
A performer carries balloons across Sixth Avenue during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, in New York, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
AP Photo/Andres Kudacki
Participants stand tall above spectators along Central Park West during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Participants stand tall above spectators along Central Park West during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
AP Photo/Craig Ruttle
The Felix the Cat balloon is guided through Columbus Circle during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. The balloon was one of the original balloons to appear in the first Macy's Parade. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
The Felix the Cat balloon is guided through Columbus Circle during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. The balloon was one of the original balloons to appear in the first Macy’s Parade. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
AP Photo/Julie Jacobson
A balloon operator waves to spectators while guiding the Red Ranger balloon along West Central Park during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
A balloon operator waves to spectators while guiding the Red Ranger balloon along West Central Park during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
AP Photo/Julie Jacobson
The Trolls balloon floats in the 90th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
The Trolls balloon floats in the 90th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP
Tony Bennett participates in the 90th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
Tony Bennett participates in the 90th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP
Brett Eldredge participates in the 90th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
Brett Eldredge participates in the 90th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid balloon floats in the 90th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid balloon floats in the 90th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP
The Angry Birds balloon floats in the 90th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
The Angry Birds balloon floats in the 90th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP
Sandra Lee participates in the 90th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
Sandra Lee participates in the 90th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP
Regina Spektor participates in the 90th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
Regina Spektor participates in the 90th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP
Aloe Blacc participates in the 90th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
Aloe Blacc participates in the 90th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 23: A general view of the 90th Anniversary Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - Inflation Eve on November 23, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 23: A general view of the 90th Anniversary Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade – Inflation Eve on November 23, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
Performers skate along Central Park South before the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Bryan R. Smith)
AP Photo/Bryan R. Smith
Participants stand by just before the start of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
AP Photo/Craig Ruttle
Participants walk along Central Park West at the start of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
AP Photo/Craig Ruttle
The Ronald McDonald and Thomas the Tank Engine balloons float over Central Park West during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
AP Photo/Craig Ruttle
Participants greet others as they await the start of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Participants greet others as they await the start of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
AP Photo/Craig Ruttle
A dancer with the Chengdu (China) Panda float is assisted by a fellow dancer before the start of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
A dancer with the Chengdu (China) Panda float is assisted by a fellow dancer before the start of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
AP Photo/Craig Ruttle
Participants line up on Central Park West before the start of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Participants line up on Central Park West before the start of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
AP Photo/Craig Ruttle
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People help to inflate balloons for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
AP Photo/Seth Wenig
Workers help to inflate balloons for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
AP Photo/Seth Wenig
Balloons are held down by nets while being inflated for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
AP Photo/Seth Wenig
Balloons are held down by nets while being inflated for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
AP Photo/Seth Wenig
New York police officers patrol sidewalk outside Macy’s as preparations continue for the Macy’s Parade, Wednesday Nov. 23, 2016, in New York. More than 80 New York City sanitation trucks filled with sand will be used along a 2½ mile route of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade to create an imposing physical barrier to terror. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews
New York police officers block traffic from entering 56th Street at 6th Avenue along the Macy’s Parade route, except for residential and business vehicles, a block from Trump Tower, Wednesday Nov. 23, 2016, in New York. More than 80 New York City sanitation trucks filled with sand will be used along a 2½ mile route of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade to create an imposing physical barrier to terror. The trucks have been used like this before – most recently to protect Trump Tower. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews
FILE- In this Sept. 24, 2015 file photo, a police office stands guard at a loaded dump truck that serves as a barricade along the perimeter of St. Patrick’s Cathedral before the arrival of Pope Francis in New York. More than 80 city sanitation trucks will be used at intersections and other strategic spots along the 2.5 mile Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade route to create an imposing physical barrier to terror. “You can ram a New York City Sanitation Department sand truck with a lot of things, but you’re not going to move it,” said John Miller, the New York Police Department’s top counter-terrorism official. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
AP Photo/John Minchillo, File
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Santa Claus waves from his float as he passes along Sixth Avenue during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
A performer carries balloons across Sixth Avenue during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, in New York, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Participants stand tall above spectators along Central Park West during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
The Felix the Cat balloon is guided through Columbus Circle during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. The balloon was one of the original balloons to appear in the first Macy's Parade. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
A balloon operator waves to spectators while guiding the Red Ranger balloon along West Central Park during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
The Trolls balloon floats in the 90th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
Tony Bennett participates in the 90th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
Brett Eldredge participates in the 90th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid balloon floats in the 90th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
The Angry Birds balloon floats in the 90th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
Sandra Lee participates in the 90th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
Regina Spektor participates in the 90th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
Aloe Blacc participates in the 90th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 23: A general view of the 90th Anniversary Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - Inflation Eve on November 23, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
Participants greet others as they await the start of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
A dancer with the Chengdu (China) Panda float is assisted by a fellow dancer before the start of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Participants line up on Central Park West before the start of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

WASHINGTON — Millions of spectators are expected to attend the 90th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade starting at 9 a.m. EST in New York City. See photos of the parade wind its way through Manhattan.

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